Ann Rusnak’s latest ‘Focus on Success Journal’ article titled “Making Procrastination Work For You” is reprinted here. [Article]


Ann Rusnak’s latest ‘Focus on Success Journal’ article is reprinted here.

Making Procrastination Work For You

Making Procrastination Work for You

Procrastination gets a bum wrap. You hear a lot about it in the beginning of the year. If you avoid it, you can make all your resolutions come true.

Being the perfectionist I am, overcoming procrastination become high on my list of new habits. Reflecting back, I discovered times I wished I did procrastinate. It would have save me a lot of grief.

Perhaps procrastination isn’t really all that bad after all.

Think of procrastination in 3 ways… Oops… Glad… and Intervention

Let’s look at Oops Procrastination.

I don’t know about you but there are some days I don’t feel like doing anything. Or something is hard and don’t want to do it. Something you hate doing.

For me… I hate taking time to pay the bills. Paying bills late can result in additional fees, bad marks on your credit report and possibly loosing your lights. Oops.

Taking the “Do It” later attitude can lead to miss opportunities. You create additional stress because you wait to the last minute and now you are forced to deal with it.

Nobody wants to do unpleasant and hard task. Ask yourself what happens if I don’t do it now… what’s the worse that can happen? You’ll feel better just doing it and getting it over. Focus on that feeling. Better yet, give yourself a reward for completing the task.

Glad Procrastination

“Boy I’m glad I waited and didn’t rush to do that.” Especially if you tend to be slightly compulsive like me.

If an urge of inspiration hits me, I go with it. Put off doing those trivial things that would interrupt the creative mood. You can knock off a big chunk of a big project when work with your creative flow. Stay with it. You’ll find yourself more productive in the long run.

After spending a day or two working on a project, I often feel brain dead. Don’t feel like dealing with anything major. Your brain welcomes the break. You can get caught up on that small trivial stuff you put off during your inspirational jolt.

Intervention Procrastination

You don’t want to procrastinate. You really want to get your project done. You blocked out time to work on it. But everything keeps working against you. Like some invisible force getting in your way.

Most advice tells you to keep persevering… to overcome the challenges. Well I discovered if I have to fight to make it happen… maybe somebody up there is trying to tell me something.

It’s time to stop. Time to take breather. Nine and half times out of ten, I’m glad I didn’t push it. Often a better way, better advice, better solution etc. appears.

Ann Rusnak “The Time Diva” developed a simple 10 step system that teaches busy solo-preneurs to increase their profits by 30% by taking time off. Receive the free report “How the Time Management Industry Rips Off the Solo Entrepreneur” when you sign up for Focus on Success Journal ezine at: www.SimpleTimeManagement.com

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