Intoxicated

Just Another one of those Intoxicated Weeks!

How was your week? Hope you had a good one.

This week hasn’t been quite a good one for me. “I’ve been on the Low, I’ve been taking my time.” This is solely because of one major reason that birthed into other strands.

The reason? Well, it’s quite a simple and a straightforward one. “I did not plan and prepare my week in advance”. In short, I had no Vision for my week.

Do you happen to know about the “Eight P’s” for strategic planning? The acronyms stand for and can be summed up as, “Proper prior planning and preparation prevents piss poor performance.” The opposite is “Poor prior planning and preparation produces piss poor performance.”

Unlucky for me, I chose to do the latter part. Yes it was a choice! At least, it worked for me. (good or bad thing is that it works out for everyone else, lol). My failure to plan and prepare in advance how and what I wanted my week to look like costed my productivity, negatively.

Earlier on this week, I had posted on one of my social handles something like “Not(e) that I am being a pessimist. Like in a game of chess, the first few opening movements determine the direction and outcome of the game. This weeks productivity is at stake/hanging…” That’s what I literally meant. I didn’t plan my first movements right.

Deep down though, I knew the consequences of the choice I had made but instead decided to ignore my inner instincts. And the results? The statement says it all, “Poor prior planning and preparation produces piss poor performance.”

Not to my surprise, the results showed sooner than I expected. I wasn’t surprised by this simply because I knew that anytime, sooner or later results would show. That also reminded me of a saying I read in the Bible which states “For whatever a person is sowing, this he will also reap”( NWT). Indeed, I reaped what I had sown! Poor Performance!

I found myself wasting much of my time doing nothing productive but scrolling my finger up and down this thing called a “touch screen” or smartphone. That’s one thing I regret the most even as I write this down. The thing about time is that, you can never get hold of it just like spilt milk or water. Once its gone then its gone. That's the funny and unfortunate part about it.

Not to end there, my lack of proper planning and preparation birthed Intoxication.

“I get high cause the lows can be so cold…”

Wait, Let me get this clear and straight. Not that I was on some alcohol or drug substance abuse which would then make me overly excited or in elation or physically or mentally diminished /out of control. Or that I was suffocating from some toxic gas such as the CO2 or the CO3 which would lead to me to being intoxicated, but yeah, “I was highly Intoxicated.” Intoxicated by the negative thoughts, sensations, feelings, emotions and vibes. In other words, I had a mental breakdown.

Intoxication later gave birth to an organism known as Low Self-esteem. “I was in a diffident state.” I couldn’t be neither feel myself.

The root cause of finding myself in all this maze was as a result of one single action — Failure to do “proper prior planning and preparation” thereby not implementing positivity which would have prevented me from the piss poor performance.

Nevertheless, just as every Cell (battery) has a negative and positive side(terminal), It’s Pretty much the same with everything else…

Though It wasn’t the best week for me, good thing is, I learnt a lesson out of the experience. “Experience is the best teacher” just as they say.

“I might bend a little bit but I don’t fold…”

I’m geared (as we start this brand new week) to do my usual thing. Planning my weeks. I mean, “Prior proper planning and preparation.” Which is, Writing down a To-do list of things or goals that I want to achieve/work on each and every week, work on it and feel the joy and the happiness that comes from ticking off the little things on my To-do list once again.

Remember not to forget, “Poor prior planning and preparation produces piss poor performance.” “Proper prior planning and preparation prevents piss poor performance.” It will actually be wise enough if you choose and do the latter part.

You don’t want to end up like me lol.

Shout out to Macdonald for playing a part in the production of this piece.

I would love to know your thoughts about this piece of writing. Feel free to leave a comment in the comment (Response) section below.

Do your Planning right and stay positive folks. ✌🏾