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Ramat (AKA the Crazy One) |
I woke up this morning and as
usual, I went online to get a sense of what happened in the hours that I slept.
As I scrolled through Twitter, I
basked in more stories about Beychella, was super proud of K.Dot's Pulitzer, lost
my cool at hearing of Cole's album – which drops on April 20, 2018 – and
got shocked out of my shoes by the fact that Joe Burden put his pettiness
aside to compliment Nicki's Chun Li.
You can say I had a roller coaster morning.
It was as I was going through
these emotions that I stumbled on a tweet that made me bolt upright.
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Rapsody Shaking her Head Credit: Rapsody's Giphy Channel |
I looked at the tweet over and
again; from the eerily familiar design of the project, down to the words I
wanted to use and I realized how, in wasting so much time, it would look like I
was copying this idea when I finally did mine.
I began to wonder why the flying
hell I didn’t get to work when the idea first dropped. I didn’t have to think
too far though. I knew exactly what
the problem was! First, I didn’t think it was the right time. I wanted to wait
for a perfect day to start, or when I wasn’t so busy with my day job, or when I
felt writer’s energy. I know! That is not a thing. But I like it so, go and
rest! Or whatever excuse came up to keep pushing it back. I really wanted
things to be just right to get to
work.
But I waited. (Read wasted).
And now, my idea is no longer just mine.
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Credit: NFL Giphy channel |
Honestly, this is the first time
I have really felt bad about procrastinating. It is not like the idea was novel
or I stood to make millions from it. I got the idea months ago and felt it was great.
If you know me and my penchant for putting my work down, you would know that I
almost never call any of my ideas
great. But this one was! I was excited about deploying this idea and I knew it would change the lives of everyone
who would come to share it.
See what the delay has
caused me?! Girl! You better get yourself together!
The only plus side to this is
that the idea is people-based and designed to provide a platform for people
dealing with the varying degrees of dysfunction that plagues us as a people. No
one has a monopoly on helping others. So yeah! Anyone who wants to colour me a copycat
can go right ahead.
But imagine if it was an idea
that was life changing in the I-could-become-a-billionaire-if-it-takes-off kind
of way. I could have just lost my ticket to living the fab life and taking
vacations in Seychelles and Barbados because I procrastinated. I know that
there are no guarantees in life but darn! Guarantees don’t come to people who waste
opportunities because the time just wasn’t
right!
Sometimes, you really just have
to make your Amala as the water is boiling.
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That tweet was the biggest wake
up ‘konk’ on my big head if I ever saw one and boy am I rearing to go! I am not
waiting for any perfect time or all that nonsense. I am going to put out stuff
as they come and hope to get my groove and rhythm back on.
So it is time to work work work
work work work!
PS: Ever wasted time on an idea and regretted
it? Share your stories with me and we just might use it to inspire some people
to get off that lazy arse!
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