Are you Procrastinating??

How to Stop Procrastinating?????

Procrastination  affects every person in the world and can attack any part of your life. It’s that thing that draws you into your Facebook newsfeed when you’re supposed to be working on growing your business. It gives you anything to do instead of that what you are supposed to be doing. The worst thing you can do is give up and say, “I am such a procrastinator” because when you do that, you accept it as a truth. You give it power over you. Well I am telling you right now: it is not a truth. Procrastination has no power over you. It is just a thing like every other thing you overcome each day to achieve the day’s desired results. You just need some strategies

 1. Do something you LOVE. SELL YOUNIQUE
The first strategy is more of a fact to consider: You are less likely to procrastinate something you love than something you don’t enjoy. Many people have been conditioned since a young age to think that “work” is not supposed to be enjoyed. That your job is the means to pay your mortgage and your bills and support your life, that you’re supposed to suck up whatever misery may accompany it because you are a grown up and you have responsibilities. Wow! That is such a rough philosophy that I don’t even like writing it down. True – with adulthood comes responsibility and you need money just to exist in this world, and how much life you want to experience dictates how much money you need to earn. But there is another school of thought to counter the suck it up stance. I much prefer the “do what you love and the money will come” approach. You still have to suck it up and work when you would rather play, but when you find something you really enjoy doing, you are more likely to turn it into success, and less likely to succumb to distraction and procrastination of the tedious daily tasks.  I would recommend if you are not doing what you love, then acknowledge that what you are doing is simply collecting a paycheck, and be on the lookout for something you love.  I think this is the number one factor if you want to stop procrastinating.

 2. Next, set goals ahead of time.
Our first thoughts when it comes to goals are the big things.  Big life plans, projects to complete, places to go, things to see and achieve. But when you set small daily goals, then check them off as you reach them throughout the day, it helps build motivation and momentum which are powerful tools when procrastination pops in to tempt you. “Not now Procrastination, I’m on a roll!”

 3. Dig in, don’t think too much.
If you make your to-do list ahead of time, you have nothing to think about when it is time to begin your work day. Just get going and get to work on the day’s tasks. Knock down a big chunk of that work before your mind starts trailing to other things. In fact – here is a bonus suggestion – when you make your list for the day, take the thing you dread and put it at the top of the list to be completed early in the morning. Remove the “dread” which would otherwise linger throughout the day having a negative impact on your productivity and happiness. You are allowed to have joy in your business. Do not feel guilty for wanting it. You will fly through the rest of your day and increase productivity.

You are allowed to have joy in your business. Do not feel guilty for wanting it.

 4. Trade negative thoughts for positive ones.
This may not be possible every time, but the more you do it, the more successful you will be with this strategy. Find something positive about the thing you do not want to do. Maybe you need to do some filing because your desk is over flowing with folders and documents, but you are putting it off because you have so many documents to process that you don’t feel you can spare the time. Instead of focusing on the time you think you will be losing, look forward to the opportunity to get off your butt and out from behind the desk for a bit, and think about how much more organized and efficient you will be with room on your desk to work.

 5. APIC  Accountability Parter In Crime.
This one may not seem to make a lot of sense, but a common trait of human nature is to have the energy to do something for someone else that you would not have to do for yourself. We can usually come up with solutions to other people’s problems faster than we can our own. So help your buddy and then take your own advice. Your APIC will also be there to help you stay on track and you will likely both stop procrastinating (or at least do it less).

Do not let yourself get too bothered by distraction because it just turns into another distraction. It happens to the best of us and it is going to happen to you.  Success comes with recognizing when it strikes and knowing how to move past it.  That is how you stop procrastinating.

Love Kimberly
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