Procrastination the Dream Killer!

What is procrastination? The action or habit of putting things off. You see that, habit! I think it is the worst habit to have because the desire to change something, anything about ourselves can be with in us but we are in the habit of putting it off. The lies we tell ourselves stem from procrastination. Oh I’ll start tomorrow. Theres no rush. It is just not the right time. It can even affect the advice we give our friends. You don’t need to rush into that. Take your time it will be there tomorrow. Well there is that party this weekend, start on Monday. Call it what you like it is PROCRASTINATION! Ugly but true. It is not until farther down lifes road that we see the toll it has taken. I call it the Great Canadian Illness. We all do it to some degree. Small doses not so bad but like all habit they grow when fed. I am not a fan of generalizing so if I have offended I’m sorry. Putting things off is bad for our health bad for our own personal development, bad for our careers, bad bad bad. What am I saying? It’s bad! This is a habit of the mind but it affects the emotions the soul the health of each individual. Addressing it is a huge challenge. You can see the damage it does when you reflect. Reflection is huge when it comes to giving clarity and direction. I am not trying to discourage anyone but as you reflect it may be quite possible that you will be sent for a loop when you see the extent to which you have become A PROCRASTINATOR! EEK it’s a label but a label that can be removed with a bit of determination and planning. How will we overcome this life sucking habit? The same way we over come any habit that is keeping use from our full potential. We must consider what life will be like if we chose to continue as we are. If we decide to change we must create a plan of action. Each persons plan must fit the individual life, remember we all live different lives. What works for one does not work for all.  A habit is something we acquire by frequent repetition a settled pattern. We need to change the pattern of our behaviour. Yes this is work but when we work on ourselves to improve ourselves we make our life better. Lets face it don’t we all want a better life. I know I do. I truly dislike going around the same issue over and over having only temporary victory never really free. The key is to get to the point where enough is enough. I want permanent change this comes by creating new a new habit. Procrastination is the act of not doing or putting it off for a long time so we must make the opposite our new habit. See what needs to be done and do it! Don’t hold yourself back the power to change is inside each of us. Remember only you can change you! Ah but to the right measure okay because we can go too far in the opposite direction.  But we won’t focus on that yet! All the best on you personal transformation journey!!

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