Well, to be honest I started this post about two weeks ago and finally I’ve got around to completing it.

Overcome the procrastination habit -

some of these will resonate with you, and when they do I need you to put the suggestion into action. In doing that one single action you can create the momentum to move forwards and begin the catalyst for change.

- Break down the task. A book / play / story / assignment is written one word at a time. If you don’t know where to start, start with the section headers, then add the sub-headers, then add the bullet points you want to cover under each sub heading. All of a sudden you have a plan to complete your written assignment, and you can then do it one bullet point at a time.
- Work for just five minutes on whatever item is keeping you stuck. 5 minutes you can do anything for 5 minutes.
- Keep a time log – where did you spend your 5 minutes today?
- Believe in yourself. This is the biggest thing you can do for yourself. Believe in yourself and your dreams, if you don’t, how can you expect anyone else to?

- Living as well as learning
- Being a student of life not a follower of everyone else’s thoughts
- Changing the pen for a pencil and black and white for colour. Sounds strange, but pen ink is considered permanent. If you are struggling with a blank paper, use a pencil and start doodling. Write down the concepts, draw the concepts, add splashes of colour where you need emphasis. Who said brain storming had to be boring.
- Celebrate every success. If you have unstuck yourself from a particular situation that allowed you to move forwards even by one inch then that is a success. Pat yourself on the back, take a deep breath and remind yourself what you did that worked. Then rinse and repeat.
- Break bad habits by creating good ones
- If you think in pictures then organise a dream board. Get a big piece of card and pictures, lots of pictures, or use the internet – I use powerpoint and add music to make them more effective.
- Trying your hardest, then trying some more. We don’t have to be 100% better than the opposition, just 1%. We can all be 1% better than everyone else.
- Be silly occasionally and play. Get creative, sit on the floor and see things as if from the perspective of a child. I tell you, you can’t take too many things seriously if all you can see is knees – weird things knees.
- Throwing away old clothes that do not suit you.(You look a right prat in those old flares!)
- Getting rid of the clutter at home and work.(Order a waste skip or wait until Bonfire Night and burn the lot.)
- Aiming at your target. Sooner or later you’ll hit it if you practice enough AND learn from your mistakes
- Being inspired by the right people.(I don’t like giving other web sites free traffic – but you won’t be inspired here. See you!)
- Doing something worthwhile today and it doesn’t have to be for you
- Get angry if you have to – BUT
- Speak kindly to yourself

My apologies – I can’t remember where I got the above piece on Procrastination!?

Man who lives in glass house should change clothes in basement.
Man who lose key to apartment not get new key.
Wife who put husband in doghouse soon find him in cathouse.
Man who fight with wife all day get no piece at night.
Secretary not permanent fixture until screwed on top of desk.
Passionate kiss like spider’s web, soon lead to undoing of fly.
Virginity like bubble, one prick all gone.
Don’t drink and park, accidents cause people.
Foolish man give wife grand piano, wise man give wife upright organ.
Man who walk through airport turnstile sideways going to Bangkok.