2. Prioritisation

By which I mean do thing you least want to do when you have most energy to do it.You can always find energy to do things that you enjoy doing, but you need your energy level to be highest when tackling things which you don't care for. So, if you're at your best in morning - then tackle administration then, clear out your clutter and vice versa if you're an afternoon or evening person.

3. Delegation

We have things that we're good at and things that we prefer to do. Ask yourself: (i) does it have to be done at all? (ii) does it have to be done by you? Is there someone else who could do job? You may decide that you don't want to concentrate your energies on bookkeeping, but you can hire a bookkeeper to free you from this. Or someone else at work may like administration; ask for their - or more - assistance.

4. Do it in pieces

The difficulty with procrastination is that task may seem overwhelming because it has been avoided for so long. It has grown in size and taken on a life of its own! Bring it back down to earth and start tackling it in bite sized pieces (when you're at your best! - see no 2)

5. Develop a system

Procrastination takes up time and energy. You may always find yourself on defensive as things catch up with you. Developing a system means that you nip procrastination in bud.

If you want to take more exercise, then exercise with a buddy, hire a personal trainer (either at your house or gym). Join a walking club, sports club - somewhere where you are committed to being and encourage others to commit with you. Set up structures which ensure that procrastination doesn't get chance to put its feet under your table.

And remember to reward yourself when you've broken through and achieved something.

Dealing with procrastination is one way of taking back control of your life and ultimate reward is having more time to really enjoy your life.

©2003 by Julie Plenty

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Missing; A Pound Of Flesh!

How many times have you said to yourself, I can't take this anymore? When is this going to end? I want my life back? What happened? Yea, that is right, you found yourself up to your neck in alligators, feelings got worse, and maybe circumstances too.

Contrast that to this. When everything is going your way, how many times have you said, I'm wearing out my welcome, I wish all these good feelings would just go away? Nah, you're no dummy, we don't do that. Instead, we cringe in back of our minds about day we know they will end.

So, if subconscious doesn't care how I feel, and it doesn't care what circumstances are, and it has no preference as to what kind of feelings it sends to our consciousness, and it couldn't care less that you have a face only a mother could love, nah, I'm kidding, then let's use this awesome mechanism to generate good feelings all time.

Remember, you programmed your subconscious to give you feelings that it gives you through your everyday life. You were not born knowing difference between truth and lie. You had to learn it.

You were not born with knowledge of knowing to feel bad in bad circumstances and feel good in good circumstances. You had to learn it. And, in process, your subconscious learned what kind of feelings to send you depending on what kind of circumstances you were going through.

A Tough Nut To Crack!

So, here is a real hard question. If we have to go through circumstances anyway, and we can't change circumstances immediately, and we know circumstances are going to change whenever they change, wouldn't we be more content and more joyful going through raunchy circumstances with good feelings?

I know you want circumstances to change, but if you could change them you would already have done it. So, don't let your subconscious make a fruit cake out of you while you're waiting.

Wouldn't we have much less anxiety and nervousness, fewer ulcers, and bad attitudes if we felt good in midst of bad circumstances? Here's problem. Whether we admit it or not, we like to feel sorry for ourselves. We like to feel "woe is me" feelings.

We will not always let others know that we are having a pity party, but, none less, we like to feel sorry for ourselves for a period of time.

Better Than Sliced Bread!

Why? Because it feels natural; it feels responsible, it feels like what we are supposed to do. It's what we learned. So, if you re-wire your subconscious to believe that bad times should produce good feelings, your subconscious will make you feel like a happy camper.

If you want to know powerful techniques I use to do this, read article I wrote called, "Ever Feel like Your Elevator is stuck between Floors". Pretty sneaky of me, huh? :>)

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