I cannot put off writing the book that is waiting any longer. Here is what is getting me going today: (I hope Megan does not mind me copying this to share with my readers, but I did find it helpful.)
Facing the Demons of Inaction
Megan, selected from Experience Life
March 10, 2012
SIDEBAR:
Get Going!
If you’re ready to end your habit of procrastination, here are the next four steps:
1. Identify an important, beneficial project or task about which you have been procrastinating.
2. What’s the next step you need to take? Name it, even if it’s just a small task like making a phone call.
3. Noting and accepting any uncomfortable feelings that come up, decide to take action anyway. When are you going to do this thing? Identify a specific day and time. You’ve just made an appointment with yourself.
And now the fun part …
4. Accompanied by trepidation, fear, doubts, indecision, shyness, anxiety or any other demon that happens to show up DO IT. Enjoy the experimental feeling of doing it even in the face of your other feelings.
No question about it: Taking action isn’t always pleasant. But in many ways, it is exhilarating, particularly when it is difficult!
Plus, look at the payoff over the course of a lifetime: a lot more accomplished and a lot less suffering, fretting and regret.
Feeling overwhelmed and underpowered? Do something anyway. As Joan Baez once said, “Action is the antidote to despair.”
Read more: http://www.care2.com/greenliving/facing-the-demons-of-inaction.html#ixzz1opehQygJ
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