How I Accidentally Built a Step Calculator While Avoiding My Real To-Do List
You know that moment when you sit down to tackle The Big Important Thing™—the task that’s been haunting your browser tabs like a digital poltergeist—and suddenly your brain goes, “Nah, let’s count steps instead?”
I turned procrastination into an art form this week.
What I Should Have Been Doing (According to Responsible Adult Me):
🏆 Building Health Warriors Tribe into a thriving community (instead of just staring at it like it might spontaneously grow members)
✨ Refreshing my primary business, Platinum Impact so it sparkles like a freshly Windexed AI-savvy powerhouse
🤖 Learning All The Things about AI so I can finally sound like I know what I’m talking about in my new career (spoiler alert: still working on it. And oh, I’m pursuing a new career!)
What I Actually Did (According to Chaos Gremlin Me):
Built a step calculator.
Was it on my to-do list? Nope. Did anyone ask for it? Also nope. Did I spend three hours perfecting the color scheme because “salmon pink just wasn’t quite right”? Oh yes.
The Anatomy of a Perfect Procrastination Project
It started innocently enough. “Just a quick break,” I whispered to myself—the same thing we tell ourselves when we open TikTok “for five minutes” or when we say we’ll eat “just one” cookie.
But then, before I knew it, I was elbow-deep in programming, worrying about decimal places, and feeling the sweet dopamine hit of watching numbers calculate automatically. Meanwhile, my actual priorities sat in the corner like neglected houseplants, slowly wilting from lack of attention.
Introducing: Productive Procrastination
This is when your brain pulls the ultimate switcheroo: “I don’t want to do that hard thing, but I’ll absolutely demolish this completely different hard thing that no one asked for!”
It’s like your subconscious is a rebellious teenager. “You want me to work on the business? Fine. But I’m gonna build this step calculator that you’ll forget what you were supposed to be doing in the first place.”
And honestly? It worked. The thing calculates weekly step targets like a mathematical wizard, and I’m unreasonably proud of it. But also, that first hard thing still needs to be done.
The Silver Lining (Because There’s Always One)
While Health Warriors Tribe, Platinum Impact, and my AI studies continue to judge me silently from their corner of digital shame, I’ve discovered something important:
When I procrastinate, at least the procrastination is usually productive.
I’m not doom-scrolling Instagram or reorganizing my sock drawer (again). I’m creating tools! I’m solving problems! They’re just… different problems than the ones I’m supposed to be solving.
It’s like being a productivity ninja who keeps hitting the wrong targets but still looks really impressive doing it.
The Plot Twist
Maybe this isn’t failure. Maybe this is just my brain’s way of staying creative while avoiding the scary stuff. Maybe “diversifying my accomplishments” is just a fancy way of saying “I’m a hot mess, but at least I’m a productive hot mess.”
Besides, now when people ask me what I did yesterday, I can confidently say, “Oh, you know, just revolutionizing the step-counting game. No big deal.”
Flips hair dramatically
The Million-Dollar Question
Now if only I could figure out how to procrastinate my way into getting everything else done…
P.S. – The step calculator is actually pretty awesome. Want to try it? Of course you do!
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