eally must’s and any verbal/mental pattern that implies obligation and guilt. Either do something because you want to and choose to do it, or choose not to do it and don’t do it. Focus your mind on can’s rather than cannot’s. Remember how much you havDo you procrastinate as much as I do?

You’re not sure huh? Maybe you’ll finish reading this article later, maybe you’ll finish it after you’ve had a think about the other things you need to do.

Procrastination is not just a never ending cycle of not getting anything done and last minute panics. It’s also a feeling of guilt at not getting anything done, avoidance and feeling bad about a lack of action and achievement.

However, like most personal development challenges, procrastination is something that you can overcome as it is simply a mind set. As with any mind set, you can change it through making a decision to change it, taking action and then listening to the feedback you get on your action and adjusting your action as necessary.

The decision and feedback part let’s leave to you, and talk for a moment now about the taking action part. This is quite obviously where most people who want to overcome procrastination trip up.

Firstly, get rid of should’s, ought to’s, really must’s and any verbal/mental pattern that implies obligation and guilt. Either do something because you want to and choose to do it, or choose not to do it and don’t do it. Focus your mind on can’s rather than cannot’s. Remember how much you hav

e of not getting anything done and last minute panics. It’s also a feeling of guilt at not getting anything done, avoidance and feeling bad about a lack of action and achievement.

However, like most personal development challenges, procrastination is something that you can overcome as it is simply a mind set. As with any mind set, you can change it through making a decision to change it, taking action and then listening to the feedback you get on your action and adjusting your action as necessary.

The decision and feedback part let’s leave to you, and talk for a moment now about the taking action part. This is quite obviously where most people who want to overcome procrastination trip up.

Firstly, get rid of should’s, ought to’s, really must’s and any verbal/mental pattern that implies obligation and guilt. Either do something because you want to and choose to do it, or choose not to do it and don’t do it. Focus your mind on can’s rather than cannot’s. Remember how much you hav

is something that you can overcome as it is simply a mind set. As with any mind set, you can change it through making a decision to change it, taking action and then listening to the feedback you get on your action and adjusting your action as necessary.

The decision and feedback part let’s leave to you, and talk for a moment now about the taking action part. This is quite obviously where most people who want to overcome procrastination trip up.

Firstly, get rid of should’s, ought to’s, really must’s and any verbal/mental pattern that implies obligation and guilt. Either do something because you want to and choose to do it, or choose not to do it and don’t do it. Focus your mind on can’s rather than cannot’s. Remember how much you hav

y.

The decision and feedback part let’s leave to you, and talk for a moment now about the taking action part. This is quite obviously where most people who want to overcome procrastination trip up.

Firstly, get rid of should’s, ought to’s, really must’s and any verbal/mental pattern that implies obligation and guilt. Either do something because you want to and choose to do it, or choose not to do it and don’t do it. Focus your mind on can’s rather than cannot’s. Remember how much you hav

eally must’s and any verbal/mental pattern that implies obligation and guilt. Either do something because you want to and choose to do it, or choose not to do it and don’t do it. Focus your mind on can’s rather than cannot’s. Remember how much you have succeeded in the past and how well you can do right now.

Chunk your jobs down into smaller parts and focus on them first. If you can complete small, simple tasks, then you never really need to look at the big “scary” task, which means you are more likely to succeed and complete the job at hand.

Make sure you are relaxed too. When you procrastinate you are getting anxious, which means you are tensing up. Take some deep breaths, take a walk around the block, whatever you need to relax more and get yourself into a more focused state of mind.

Of course, as well as the mindset there is the physical world around you. You need to work with both in order to end your procrastination forever.

It’s very easy to get distracted if you are used to procrastinating. When I was at University studying I can remember myself and my house mates spending hours cleaning our house rather than study for exams. Sure, we had a fantastically clean house but we also had a lot of sleepless nights cr