Most people don't even realize they are procrastinating until half the day is gone before they even get started on tasks that are going to take them towards their goals.
What is procrastination?
Most would say its doing something of little or no importance, instead of doing whats important, ya-di-ya-da.
What procrastination really is, is a sign that something is wrong.
Now you will probably not be consciously aware of what it is that's wrong, It's probably something completely unrelated. Maybe an aunt berated you for being too loud, a primary school teacher embarrassing you in class or friends making fun of you, or worse.
Bottom line is that procrastination is a bad feeling, and you have resistance to doing the task, because you just don't want that bad feeling any more.
Instead of doing something about that bad feeling, we try to make it go away, put a lid on it, bury it, or distract ourselves with something else.
Worst case you try to numb the bad feeling with alcohol, food or drugs.
Or we'll do what we think is harmless, surfing the net, reading the news, Facebooking, online chatting, etc. But is it harmless, or is it robbing you of time and energy that could be put to good use?
Next time you are procrastinating, just STOP, take a deep breath, and ask yourself, what am I feeling?
It's likely to be an unpleasant sensation in the solar plexus region, but it could be anywhere. It's probably an I'm scared, or an I'm afraid, type of feeling.
And it's nothing to be ashamed of, we all have it in one form or another.
One of the coaches here at Get Centred can assist you with eliminating this feeling.
To your success,
Trevor Long
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