Procrastination and Resilience

Greetings!

The saying that says “ no man is perfect. “ is the most right saying I have ever heard in my life. When I look at people around me and myself also, there's one thing that's common in all of us and that thing is the individual imperfection which is also known as weakness.

No wonder some people whom we've so much respect for fall our hands whenever we least expect them to do so. This might be as a result of their weaknesses. Everybody has his or her own weaknesses or strengths which is normal when it comes to humans.

So, going with this and as a minimalist, one thing I would be willing without hesitation or delay to take out of me is procrastination.

This has actually been one of those things that has limited me all this while. Although, there might be reasons for this act in me, but I believe those reasons are not as genuine as I thought. Some of the reasons might have been because of my financial capacity which is not that strong, but as a minimalist, maybe I would have even done better by finding a simple alternative to those things or issues I have in one way or the other and using procrastination to destroy me.

For instance, there's a man who called me to give him a quotation of what would be used to supply him building material, such as cement, granite and the likes. So when the man called, I told him I would call him back and that he should please give me some minutes.

So, instead of me calling him immediately after I had done the calculation, I postponed the call till the next day which later caused me to get the contract as the man had given the contract to someone else due to my delay. So, if there's anything I wished to do away with in my life, that would be procrastination.

But, if there's anything in me I would not release for free, that would be my never give up attitude. This never give up attitude has really helped me in conquering the world around me. Even, where procrastination has dealt with me, my never give up attitude always got my back.

So, like I started in the above paragraph, after the man refused me the contract, I didn't relent on what happened due to the loss, but instead, I kept on calling the man just in case if there's any other contract or supply available. But the man would not even give me a positive response, but even with that, I would not relent but kept on with my mission of getting something from him, so, after many months of calls and chatting, the man on a particular day called me and asked me to see him.

When I got to him, he said, he has seen my consistency over the time and that he would like to give me a trial and that's how he gave me supplies worth millions of naira. And it's there I knew my never give up attitude is my greatest asset which should not be traded away for a pot of porridge. So, if there's anything I can not let go, that would be my never say die attitude.

This is my entry to the #kiss minimalist weekly prompt.

Thanks for reading.

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