An important feature in the life of any high achiever, spiritual seeker, or anyone genuinely wishing to make a difference in this world, is to go through a phase of zero procrastination from time to time, as an exercise in building will. This means working through the backlog of things you need to do, and doing every single one of them.
Procrastination falls into the “anything unfinished” category of clutter, and like other more tangible types of clutter, it can weigh you down and hold you back. When you finally get moving and just do it, major reservoirs of energy are unlocked. You discover it actually takes more energy NOT to do something than to engage your will, roll up your sleeves, and get on with it.
Procrastination is one of the biggest self-sabotagers there is. It is the grave in which opportunity is buried. It is one of the main causes of regret when a person looks back on their life and wishes they had done more. Yet we all know those exhilarating feelings of accomplishment that lie on the other side of procrastination, if only we can break through the sleepy layers to get there. What stands in the way of doing this consistently?
One obstacle can be fear – fear of failure, fear of success, fear of not doing it perfectly, fear of it not being the right time, fear of what others will say… the list goes on and on. Mostly they turn out to be unfounded fears, and as the old saying goes, if you don’t try, you’ll never know. And more profoundly, if you never make mistakes, you’ll never make anything.
Another factor can be lack of structure. Do you run your life or does your life run you? Do you navigate with discernment, or do you allow the random currents of life to take you where they will?
If you’re ready for change, I invite you to join me in spending a month reviewing, restructuring, and bringing yourself up-to-date in your life by participating in one of my Zero Procrastination online courses. Conducted on a private message board, the 10-step course is conducted at an easy pace, with a new step posted every 3 days. It is open to participants from all over the world.
There are two more opportunities to take the course this year:
July 1-31, 2014
November 1-30, 2014
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