Posts Tagged ‘Procrastination’

This is a familiar sentiment of mine. I find it myself
saying it when I want to start something new that feels way big, you know like a
new exercise routine, diet, project, or something just way outside of my
comfort zone. My latest incantation of this fateful sentiment was just this
weekend. I had made the decision to avoid eating sugar throughout the week. I
have a dear friend, Angela Dion, who has been very successful with this new
lifestyle change.  Well, for me, it’s
only been a few days, and I find that I am completely and utterly drawn to
everything sugary. So, I’ll wait and start again tomorrow.

Why do we procrastinate on things? Why to do we put off
for tomorrow things that we can, and should do today? A few reasons why I do
are: 1) It feels overwhelming, 2) It feels hard, 3) It feels scary. I’m sure I
can come up with many more excuses. Just recently I was asked to do update a
client’s website using the HTML codes within Dreamweaver. I remember pacing my
office, drawing a diagram of how to start, sitting at the computer checking emails
just in case the client changed her mind, and then it was lunch time. Final the
day was over. You get the picture!  The
next day I decided to just get it done because I was bumping against the
drop-dead deadline. I was amazed at just how easy it was, and astonished that
it only took 30-minutes or so to complete.

This will serve as proof that procrastination just
prolongs the inevitable; getting whatever done! And, it further supports the
notion that the mind is tricky! We make things harder, bigger, and more
complicated than they really are sometimes.

What are you procrastinating about, and therefore,
causing yourself to stress? Do you recognize your procrastination triggers? If
so, how do you work through them?

Here's a great article I found on procrastination.