"pro-cras-ti-na-tion |prəˌkrastəˈnāSHən, prō-|noun - the action of delaying or postponing something"
BWahawawawawa ....
No no seriously!! So I watched YouTube tutorials, took down notes and was very touched by Robin Sharmas video on (How I beat procrastination)
The next day I threw my self into it. Woke up at 6:30am, worked out before 7am ,had my coffee by 8am and pushed through my day constantly counselling myself. I uncluttered my space and I was gonna kill it!!!
Annnd then my Mind said STOP and truly shut down.... Teet teet teet teet - life support
Step into my mind. let me give you a glimpse of my daily battle.
A procrastinator is the child, that drank the Red cool aid!! The irritating kid, bouncing every where,oh whats that, oh look there,hey another thing. Boing boing boing!!!
all over the place.
The only difference is that my cool aid is so Dang good, I justify why it would be best to go clean the fridge or look for that hair pin I lost Last month.When I actually, need to be doing my admin!!! Hey I need to pin up my fringe #judgemuch.. I'll get to the admin later, after I try out this new candle making thing....
It is the most frustrating thing being a procrastinator and so so F*ing tiring!!! Last week and especially today was very hard. I honestly thought it was going to be an easy battle.
So in order to bust this, I truly need to understand why I procrastinate, because I am fighting a loosing battle with myself.
- I put off tasks,because I find them boring.
- I put off tasks,because of fear, that I will not succeed or not intelligent enough.
- I am Last min .com, which leads to underachieving and not reaching my full potential,which leads to regret and wallowing in self-pity!!!
How do I fix Me and Bust free of Procrastination?
- Planning. "Procrastinators love planning, quite simply because planning does not involve doing, and doing is the procrastinator’s Kryptonite."
Draw up a plan and the narrow it down to one item/goal.
"The item you’re going to make your first priority. And the item that wins should be the one that means the most to you—the item that’s most important for your happiness. If urgent items are involved, those will have to come first and should be knocked out as quickly as possible in order to make way for the important items"
Prioritize and take on one task at a time.
"No one “builds a house.” They lay one brick again and again and again and the end result is a house. Procrastinators are great visionaries—they love to fantasize about the beautiful mansion they will one day" I am trying my best to use my diary, even if the task is very stupid.
- Doing. "It’s not that procrastinators don’t like the concept of doing. They look at the bricks on their calendar and they think, “Great, this will be fun.” And that’s because when they picture the moment in the future"
Minimize distractions."If TV’s a huge problem, sell your TV. If the internet’s a huge problem, get a second computer for work that has Wifi disabled, and turn your phone on Airplane Mode during work sessions" My distraction at the moment is most definitely You Tube!
"Solicit external support by telling one or more friends or family members about a goal you’re trying to accomplish and asking them to hold you to it." I have a fitness goal and every morning without fail, I irritate my friend with a "work out done" text. This motivates me and his encouragements helps me to keep my eye on the prize.
Clean up, Clean up. Declutter your space, I have found when there is order around me I focus much better.
You need to prove to yourself that you can do it.
"You need to show yourself you can do it, not tell yourself.Things will change when you show yourself that they can. Until then, you won’t believe it, and nothing will change" This is the most important point for me.
Now I'm off to do the dishes ,as I was on my way there before I came to procrastinate.
Extracts from (How to Beat Procrastination)
“you can’t do anything at all unless you begin"
