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Procrastination Audio

I don't know about you, but I'm just a little shocked that it's not only October already, but it's almost the end of the month! Yeow! Where does time go, anyway?

I look at the long list of things I want to do and can hardly believe I think I can do it all. Yet, looking back on my life, I've done a lot more. So, yes, I will indeed get them done.

But I hold myself back at times. I get afraid. I get anxious I might fail - or even succeed. I leave projects to the very last minute and cheat myself out of a beefier outcome - not to mention sales and reveue I would have gotten, too.

We all do this same thing, now and then.

But that's OK, because we know how to deal with them, right? Good old EFT.

Today Barbara and Ann and I decided to slough off procrastination! We looked at what was in our way, yes, but more importantly, we decided what we wanted INSTEAD. Because you can't keep your eye on the road if it's always looking in the rear-view mirror.

No More Procrastination!

What I have found when I procrastinate is that I'm somehow or other not admitting a truth to myself.

For instance, a few days ago, I found myself feeling angry and dragging my feet when I really "ought" to have been getting ready for a meeting.

I stopped and asked myself why I was dragging. What came up for me immediately was the thought, "I don't want to go, I'm enjoying what I'mdoing now." Oh. OK. Then I weighed going as opposed to not going, and the long-term benefits of either option. I went, because of various reasons not necessary to add here.

No more anxiety, no more black and blue me feeling guilty about being late or feeling angry because I really didn't want to go. I could make a clear, conscious choice that felt good.

It's very simple, and makes for a quick release of anxiety and self-blame (kicking myself for being late, feeling guilty for not showing up, guilty for ... - you name it.).