A Man Battling With Procrastination

Greetings all. It has been quite some time since I posted. I suppose that's obvious though and unnecessarily stated. I have been a bit resistant to writing any blog posts recently, and I am not sure why. Perhaps it is because I am overwhelmed with the tasks set in front of me, and I would rather allow myself not to act, then to face certain difficulty by trying to accomplish all of these things on my own. These things are mostly the entrepreneurial efforts that I have involved myself in which include but are not limited to: a record label [Black Case Recordings], a non-profit scholarship fund [Imagine You Scholarship Fund], editor of a blog [www.musionology.com], and some other things that will remain unnamed...nonetheless, things get stressful. I view this time in my life as a part of my growth process, though I suppose all of our lives are spent in some sort of a growth process. Heading into my mid-twenties certainly will be no different. My biggest goal in 2012 was to be more efficient, and to complete tasks as I set them. Procrastination is a killer, literally, of all things good and decent in our world. The human condition is such that we can feel sorry for ourselves if things do not happen in our time frame, or in this case, if the time frame is within our control but the required effort will use energy that we'd like to invest elsewhere. For example, today is Thursday - on Thursdays I play Call of Duty: Modern Warefare 3. It would be my hope to play the game until I rack up at least 500 kills. Unfortunately, playing COD for 6 hours is absurd and a waste of time. Instead I spent the day being productive, cleaning my room, sending overdue e-mail correspondence, and generally tasking myself to complete a fairly significant laundry list of items that could have been done 6 days ago. Interestingly, my biggest "supposed" consumer of energy (not quite true since energy can be neither created nor destroyed, only transferred) is the music. I wanted to run a label full-time, and I got my wish! But damn! Can a dude get a staff? I've been trying to find an intern, but it takes a really dedicated individual to prioritize responsibilities that they can neither see, nor interact with on a daily basis. Needless to say, the potential interns from NYC and ATL did not work out, though I learned many valuable lessons in both of those interactions. I am beginning to ramble so I am going to wrap it up. Basically, if you take a risk, be ok with the risk. Purpose to maximize the return on your investment, and stick to your plan to make it happen as quickly as possible. Why are we all waiting? Maybe the road less traveled is difficult, but it is certainly less crowded when success crosses your path - so be ready.