Ever catch yourself procrastinating? Oh, well. Who hasn’t? (Grins)

Plan ahead to overcome feelings of Reluctance, because they will come up at times. Use a ready made procrastination Buster . . . Do you bounce out of bed in the mornings? Do you look forward to the day’s events?

Find out what will move you to action. What can you do ahead of time that will propel you into action when the time comes. Overpower and crowd out your habitual negative self talk phrases. Get emotional, feel excited about turning yourself around. Prevent and stop the procrastination before it rears it’s ugly head!

Bundle as many ‘get yourself moving quickly’ strategies together as you can. The momentum you will feel will overpower any reluctance that has settled in since you made your plans. Negative self-talk has a way of gradually shifting your mental state.

I use 3-4 such power moves together and I plan them out before I can change my mind. I lock myself in so to speak, no way out. I wanted this, I planned this, why would I change midstream? I plan methods of keeping myself in high gear, you know keeping the momentum flowing. Things do not have a habit of flowing continuously. One has to help it along.

I break things down until they are ridiculously small actions, I commit myself to others, I crowd out the negative with a multitude of positives. I anchor those positive thoughts to potentially negative feelings.

You know which ones I mean. You know which ones they are! They are the same thoughts habitually running around in our heads telling us the exact opposite of what we really want. Write them down, get them out where you can see them! Then, plan how you will overcome them when they come up. You know they will . . . Plan for it now and turn them around.

I don’t feel like doing it now. But it just can’t wait! I better do it now.

I don’t know whether I can do this. But it just can’t wait! I can start it now.

. . . etc., etc.

Whatever has been preventing you from taking immediate and decisive action can be turned around. Go ahead, turn it around and then celebrate each time. It will get easier every time you are successful.

I’ve gone on and on again. Oh, well, what can I say? I’m excited! I’ll shave these messages down yet. ‘See’ you soon. Here’s some articles that follow up on this similar ideas.

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