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Appa Speak 💭 Procrastination is an irrational tendency to delay tasks over and over again; even when you really want to do them, know there will be negative repercussions if you don't do them, yet still don't do them. In your personal and professional environments, it is commonly mislabeled as a productivity, laziness or motivation problem. It is NOT to be confused with deprioritisation. Deprioritisation is to deliberately delay tasks to a later time. When the time comes, you do them without putting them off. #appa #procrastination #brain

Appa Speak 💭 Thinking on the origins of my name... Part-1. Latin roots pro (prefix) means forward, forth, or in favor of. -crastinus (adjective) means of tomorrow. This comes from cras, the Latin word for tomorrow. When these joined in Latin, they formed the verb procrastinare, which literally translates to 'To put off until tomorrow.' Stay tuned for Part-2 on Wednesday next week. Password: appaspeak #appa #procrastination #brain

Tired Tuesdays: On somedays, the procrastinator cannot gather the energy to do much work. Even when they get up to do something, the bed beckons again. The procrastinator's eyes droop, their back pains, their body is oh-so-tired. It's time for a nap, their brain says. The eyes agree, while looking regretfully at the pile of work staring at them. It'll all have to wait. #appa #procrastination #brain

Monday Motivation This fine Monday, I'm not motivated to do the many mundane tasks that workplaces and households demand: admin forms data clean-up emails and calls resolving tickets chores, endless chores detailed documentation expense tracking, management ... I'd rather spend time on anything else that's more fun really but I'm paid to do some of these. The rest, I'll have to pay with my time. #appa #procrastination #brain

Silent Sundays: Appreciating that I get to experience the impatient, soul crushing silence of waiting for a loved one to respond. #appa #procrastination #brain

Self-reflection Saturday 🪞 When I feel I'm hurtling towards an emotional crash, a behavioural crash, a lifestyle crash.... what's that part of me that wants it to happen? #appa #procrastination #brain

Founder Friday: The founders have kept 1 to 2 yummy things on their plate. The plate looks emptier, yet fuller now The rest of the working time they'll look into plates of their team-mates. All the other time, they'll not eat. They'll do what they please. #appa #procrastination #brain

Thoughtful Thursday 🦦 Yesterday was otter day for the world and just an other day for the procrastinator in me. Today, as I catch up, I will remind myself that I can crack things with the rocks I sometimes feel in my brain. I am quite capable of covering myself in a dense fur of warmth when things get tough. Most importantly, when I need one, I can reach out to one other otter around me to hold on to... so I don't drift too far apart. #appa #procrastination #brain

Appa Speak 💭 The world will tell me many recipes for a good sleep. Eating rules, lighting settings, wind down routines, best sleeping materials, fitness watches, temperature controls, locking up digital devices. What very few will tell me that the One thing that decides on a particular day whether and how I follow above recipes is my willingness to end my day in the moment and my looking forward to the next morning. 💤☀️ #appa #procrastination #brain

@BaddarMedha 💤⛱️🥤

@AppaClub Reminder to relax your mind as well..so it gets its break in between tasks ! 🌻

Tired Tuesday: Body feels tired and stiff today. Mind is fresh and excited. I know what this means. I need to give more rest to the body so it can continue to deliver on the exercise, fitness and related mental well-being front. Let's see, a long shower, some stretching, good food, hydration, a nap, some deep breathing should do it. Maybe a massage tomorrow 💬 I can do focus work and challenging work with my mind while ensuring I'm taking enough breaks to relax my body. Have picked 4 important tasks for the day apart from the regular tasks. That's only because I believe I can push more today. #appa #procrastination #brain

Motivation Monday Low motivation this Monday because of things I promised I'd do but didn't actually do. I know I cared deeply about doing them, so how come I wasn't motivated enough to do them? #appa #procrastination #brain

Silent Sundays Practising at least 3 hours of almost complete silence for my ears today. No music, no talking, no humming, no singing, no writing, no reading, no digital devices. Only sounds of nature get a pass. #appa #procrastination #brain

Self-reflection Saturday🪞 No reflection today Just deflection #appa #procrastination #brain

@BaddarMedha @_wallwalker 💤🌻

@AppaClub @_wallwalker Days when fatigue isn't stressful because rest is surety and outcome is peace 🌻

Founder Fri: This week, our founders (and the team) have had two or three sleepless nights due to our ideal wishes, optimistic dreams, realistic stresses, high expectations from ourselves. We challenged ourselves to do what we say, which included taking many complex things on our plate and implementing them. We are not perfect. We don't wish to be. So our imperfect selves slept intermittently through our days and nights. Rest assured (literally and figuratively) we will also sleep over the weekend to cover up🩵🩷 #appa #procrastination #brain

Thoughtful Thursday: I thought a pull up was my goal. As I was weeks away from it, I got injured and gained a lot of weight post injury. It felt like the temporary end of the goal, a crash, a confusion, a big loss. 📉 In reality, I got a new responsibility: I learnt to take care of the injury, work on my weight, nutrition, despite suddenly low physical activity. It made me learn more about my human body and mind, about stress, self confidence and healing. 🤍 In time, this made me mentally resilient, physically stronger. It led to new, fun goals / routines / systems that I'd not even conceived of! Now my fitness goals look so big that a pull up seems easy and small in the scheme of things 🔬 #appa #procrastination #brain

Appa Speak 💭 A lot of times Procrastination is just us humans being slow to adapt to change. We expect a routine, a plan, a goal to work. But... Interruptions happen, different commitments come up, old people or places go away, new people or places have to be adjusted to. Sometimes we get a month, a week, a day, many times we only get 2 mins in the midst of a sudden change! What happens when we can't adjust fast enough? It's easier to procrastinate. #appa #procrastination #brain