That Feeling of Defeat

I am sure you would have heard the quote “You only fail when you finally give up”

Well, I have to confess that I have come very close to failing with my commitment to write a weekly blog.  The weeks have slipped by and now it has been nearly three months since my last post.

During this time my Inner Critic has been very active in reminding me how I have failed to write and the longer I have left it, the louder and more persuasive that voice has become.  Thankfully, through lots of experience,  I know that the best way to silence that voice is to take action and prove it wrong hence here is my next blog!

                

Three things that have helped me overcome my procrastination are:

1.         Deciding that I am NOT going to give into allowing myself to feel like a failure by giving up.

2.         Designating and diarizing a specific time in which to write the post.

3.         Doing it! Removing all distractions, and determining that I will stay at my desk until it is completed.

I am often amazed that when I have managed to overcome procrastination and complete a task I have been putting off for ages that:

 a) It doesn’t usually take that long to actually do the task

 b) That I always feel so energized, happy and motivated afterwards.

Let me encourage you that if there is something that you have given up on doing or feel that you have failed at  decide right now to take action and “Just Do It”.

 I guarantee you will feel so good when you have completed it!