Procrastination by Nanci McGraw (c) 2002 All Rights Reserved

The Nation of Procrasti is out there.
It's not actually on any map, but we've all been there.
Some of us go there quite often and have racked up
frequent flyer stuff to prove it. It's not actually
very far away, so it's very easy for anyone, anywhere
to get there.

And while we're there we take in the some of the local
sights:

*The Museum of Maybe Later
*The Town Hall of Tired Right Now
*The Fire Station of Something Else is on Fire
*The Fountain of Forgetfulness
*The Lake of Let's Float That Idea For Awhile
*The River of Rushing, Can't Stop for That
*The Gargoyles of Gee, I'm Not in the Mood

Nancinator Anti-Procrastinator Action Ideas:

When you finally decide to come back from Procrasti
or just stay home in the first place to tackle a
task/get it done/make it happen-- here are two ways to
win:

>>>>Worst First Monster<<<<

Look at what you have to do and decide what is the
ickiest, yuckiest, vile part or section of the job.
What is the thing you hate to do? What is the most
horrible thing...Gather your courage, look that
monster in the face, and attack! Shout to the task,
"You don't scare me! You're done for!"

And then dig in. Do the big bugaboo beginning
(scrape the paint off, write the outline, make the
tough phone call etc..etc..) and when you've
accomplished that much, shout, "Now, there! Ta DAH!"
Whee! And the rest is downhill.


2. >>>>The Pepperoni Principle<<<<

This is also known as "Divide, Divide, DIVIDE and
Conquer" and it's the third and even the fourth
"divide" that makes the difference. Nobody eats
pizza with the whole pepperoni plopped on top.
It's the thin slice, that makes it nice, edible,
and do-able. MMmmmmm!

So, don't take on the taxes, the mending, and the
mailing list all in one big chunk! Break it down,
and down and down starting with a teensy slice:
get the tax records together in one place; find the
buttons that fell off, gather the article of clothing,
the scissors, the needle and thread; get out the
list of data to be entered in the spreadsheet. Now
there, that's easy. Step two should also be small:
separate one pile of receipts, thread the needle,
enter 10 addresses.

The nation of Procrasti is nice, but you wouldn't
want to live there.
 

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