Is there any way we can use procrastination positively?

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so is there a way that we can use procrastination positively yeah there are times when certain things require a certain level of preparedness to do things so for example my primary service apart from speaking is I am a writer so when I write I know that sometimes some ideas require some time to grow an idea is like a baby the baby has to gestate in the mother’s womb before it can come out we can’t bring out the baby beforehand so like that sometimes I get an idea this idea I want to write on but I just don’t feel inspired to write at a particular time and sometimes the inspiration comes after some time so sometimes certain things it may not just be the right time for them now of course if I have a writing deadline publishing deadline then I have to write but in our life there are certain activities that are deadline bound and certain things which are important but may not be deadline bound so if we don’t feel inspired to do something right now and it’s not absolutely urgent to do it right now then the important thing is that we engage ourselves constructively elsewhere and at the back of the mind if there is an idea it is there at the back of the mind it is growing, growing, growing and eventually when the idea has grown enough then it’s like a baby when they are grown and the baby delivers so like that when the idea has grown enough then when we act on it it actually it takes up a very good form when it comes up so it’s possible that some ideas there is a particular time when they come so the important thing is that we should not be defined by what we are not doing we should be defined by what we are doing in procrastination the focus is not what I am doing the focus is what I don’t feel like doing that means I have to write on my computer but I don’t feel like writing so then I just visit some website and read some news I watch some movie I just chit chat on social media so what is happening these things they are not really important but my focus is I don’t want to do this so I find something else to do but rather ok I want to do this but right now I am not inspired to do this so if I have a plan during this time I can do this this this then our focus is not on avoidance our focus is on engagement it’s true that different engagements can have different times and some ideas may not germinate unless they are ready that’s perfectly fine but our focus of attention should not I don’t want to do this so I am finding something else to do this time is meant for this but because I don’t feel like doing it so I find some other things to do if it’s not like that ok I am going to do this but if I am not ready for this then I have these other things to do so that way if we have planned engagements in terms of if I am not able to do this see inspiration driven activities especially they cannot be legislated quite often but then we can’t leave ourselves to our feelings entirely so if I don’t feel like doing something that doesn’t mean that I just waste my time rather I have a plan of some other things which I can do and then I do those other things in a planned way and then later on when I am inspired I come back and do the things which I need to do so dealing with our feelings is like fighting a war sometimes our feelings are on our side sometimes our feelings are against us so when our feelings are against us then we are fighting a war within us at that time when we are fighting a war we have a general general understanding ok this is the territory I want to gain but depending on how the enemy is attacking we may have to use different weapons at different times so similarly depending on depending on what kind of feelings are coming in what kind of situation we are in we may have to use different strategies to deal with procrastination sometimes procrastination we just have to deal with by no matter how I feel I am just going to do this right now no matter what quality comes out I will just do it later on I can improve the quality that is one way as a writer I can work everyday may be half an hour one hour I am going to write I just put thousand words on my paper whatever the words may be it can be garbage but I will put it there that is one way I deal with the feelings another way is ok I am not really feeling I want to do this project but I am not feeling inspired then I do something else but that is not just deterrent it is a spur of the movement which is basically avoiding what I am supposed to do but rather that is also a planned engagement so when when dealing with our feelings we can’t always stick to one battle plan because the same battle plan may work today it may not work tomorrow so we have to be flexible to see what works and adopt that so the important thing at the end of the day is that we are productive if I am not productive in this particular field then I am productive in this field so that way we can move onwards does it address your question thank you any other questions