Dear Friends,
Today is Anti-Procrastination Day! What have you been putting off?
How many times a day do you allow your perfectionism to paralyze you! You know exactly what I am talking about. You hear that nasty little voice in your head all the time. I don’t have time right now. YOU
DON’T HAVE TIME FOR WHAT? To do it RIGHT! To do it like your momma did!
We are not good judges of time! In our heads we think emptying the dishwasher will take hours when it only takes 3 minutes!
Our perfectionism/procrastination also hurts us in other ways. We keep putting off going to the doctor because we don’t have time! We don’t place an order for something we know will help us and then all of a
sudden they are gone and we start to beat ourselves up over our procrastination again.
I live by the Do it Now Principle! When something needs to be done and if it is not done then you will feel bad; this is when I do it! Think about putting a fresh roll of toilet paper in the bathroom. We only think of it when we are in there. Guess who usually gets left with an empty roll. YOU! Your procrastination has hurt you again.
Our minds are going 90 miles an hour. We can think of more things to do in 5 minutes than we can do in a lifetime. Let’s channel some of that power into action by Doing It Now. When you find yourself using this principle more often you are going to surprise yourself! This is not getting sidetracked! It is staying focused and accomplishing something so we don’t have to beat ourselves up later!
Have you been putting something off: Paying bills, doing laundry, shining your sink or using our big calendar. One day we will run out of our calendars and there you will be begging for one and beating yourself up because of your procrastination. You do have time; if you will just do what needs to be done and don’t put it off another day! Just think, this will put an end to those nasty voices in your head!
There are many of you that are procrastinating about shining your sink! This is the habit that changed my life! Please give it a try! It won’t take that long! This month are new habit is Moving for 15 minutes each day. Taking BabySteps will change your life too!
Don’t get caught up in wanting to do all your BabySteps at once. What part of BabySteps do you not understand! LOL That is your perfectionism!
FlyLady
Mark Anti-procrastination Day on your calendar!
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