I don't understand why I do, or don't do, things. A couple of weeks ago I got a big, fat credit card bill. My standard practice is to compare my receipts with the charges posted on my bill. The bill is always accurate, I think I found a bogus charge once, but correct procedure is to at least take a look at the charges and make sure that Bubba hasn't gotten a hold of your number and started using it to order truckloads of caviar and champagne, so I try and do that.
When I'm done checking the bill, I like to pay it immediately. I don't want to have to remember to pay it later. I have screwed up a couple of times and it ends up costing me a chunk of change in late payment charges and interest. I hate having to pay those.
I also like to have a block of time where I am not going to be disturbed. I will use any little thing as an excuse to avoid dealing with bills, so I need a long block of time to settle down and prepare my mind to deal with this super annoying bullshit.
Anyway, I got this bill and then I got busy and a couple of weeks went by and then I finally got time to get my mind right and take a look at the bill and my bank account and I realized I didn't have enough cash on hand to pay the whole thing, so I need to get some money from my piggy bank. That takes a couple of days, then I need to deposit that money in my checking account, and that takes a couple of days, so basically a week goes by before I have enough cash on hand to pay the bill. Eventually all those things happened and I paid the bill.
Monday I worked at St. Johns, but the next three days I didn't do jack shit. Yesterday I got a haircut. Also yesterday St. John asked me to come help him work on his garage. So all of a sudden I am motivated to get stuff done.
Was it because my wife was overjoyed that I got a haircut? Was it because St. John asked for help? Or was it because I finally got that accursed credit card bill paid?
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It was because St John asked. I'll explain: You told yourself that you will pay the bill. The conceptual is now attached to the requirement of physical action.
Next, this act on your part must be done before taking action to do something else. This is you prioritizing.
In this case, that next action was going to help St John.
To preserve that hierarchy, you had to act in accordance.
(Another thing at work here is the need to keep your word, to not be the hypocrite.)
So, for at least two reasons it was imperative to take that action (pay the bill) before moving on to the next action.
This was all subconscious. It is your mind's mind. Your organized self. Nothing special about you, it's merely an indication or a well adjusted person.
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