procrastination

3 Ways to Stay Motivated, and Get The Job Done

Do you ever procrastinate just because you don’t have any motivation to get things done?

I do.

But what’s causing the lack of motivation that then turns into procrastination, wasting time, and coming up with excuses?  There are often several causes, but the three biggest ones for me are: Continue reading

How to Stop Feeling Overwhelmed, and Stop Procrastination Today

If you are anything like me, life in general can be overwhelming.  Add to that trying to run a successful home business, raising healthy children, dealing with things that are outside our control  and some days you feel like you just want to stay in bed and turn the world off.  This past week I was feeling hugely overwhelmed in different areas of my life.  I completely was lacking focus and at the end of each day I was disappointed in myself for not being able to pull myself together. Continue reading

Using Procrastination to Sabotage Your Success

I am finding this series a difficult one to write about.  I’ve been talking about procrastination and the different ways in which we (I) procrastinate.  If you’d like to follow along, you can go back to the beginning.

While I was suppose to be writing this post, I was having a conversation on skype with a friend of mine…

procrastinationToday’s topic is all about self sabotage, which is seriously one of MY biggest issues (and probably why it is so hard to write about).  Procrastination is often an unconscious tool or mechanism we use to self sabotage. Continue reading

Perfectionism Can Kill a Project

Perfectionism can kill a project…

I’ve been talking about procrastination and the reasons why I procrastinate.  You can follow along with this series from the beginning.

I put a video up on YouTube about a month ago…  It was TERRIBLE!!  But I put it up anyway.  I was nervous, I couldn’t form my sentences.  But my thinking was that if I don’t start somewhere, I will never start. By the way, if you want to see the dreadful video, you can go to my channel.  I will never get better at making video is I don’t just push through the thought that it has to be perfect.  A friend of mine watched the clip and agreed with everything that I was thinking.  She said:

a little more flowing / it seemed you were really thinking what to say or better : how to say it ….I think the premise is awesome… cause you don’t usually have to think what to say… I think the premise is awesome …but on this clip it sounded like it, almost as if you were nervous

I response was upbeat and ready to defect the “Perfectionist Trap”:

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