What do you procrastinate on?
We all procrastinate on things--I hate putting away my clothes, for example. I have to make a game of it for myself and watch a comedy show in my bedroom while I fold and hang and put away, racing to finish by the time the show is over. I have the Nanny put away my son's clothes--delegate the chore to someone else if you can!
Some of us tend to procrastinate routinely. Procrastination always causes more stress. It's a domino effect. You choose to procrastinate and put the one dish in the sink instead of the dishwasher, so you pile more dishes in the sink because hey, there are already dishes there. Then you run out of dishes. Then you have to hand wash one dish, but you procrastinate on putting the others in the dishwasher. Then there's smell. From rot, mold, mildew. Then it's a real mess to clean up! So you procrastinate because now it's time consuming and a pain in the butt and a nasty chore--that stuff is STUCK on there!
And what happens when you do finally tackle the dishes and get them all washed and put away? The smell is gone, you have clean dishes to eat off of, your guilt is gone, you feel accomplished, you have a cleared counter space again, you aren't embarrassed to have others over, and the positive list goes on!
Grin and Bear It, I always say. Do it now and just get it over with so you can truly relax and enjoy the rest of your time without feeling guilty or burdened. You know the feeling I'm talkin' about.
Before you procrastinate on something, ask yourself:
"Is My Future Self Going to Thank Me for This?"
