We all procrastinate in various areas of our lives, some of us do it more than others and often much to our own detriment.

It is easy then to complain that you do not have enough time, but the truth is most of us waste time. Which makes the equation of time controlling us rather than us controlling our time.

As procrastination is a habit, and not a very good one, we need to make the time to change it and wasting time is much the same thing. Habits end up breaking us, rather than moving us to future successes.

The important thing to do is realise that like many things, time management is a learned skill.

You also come to realise that the more you get done the better you feel and the better that you feel the more energy you will have, to get even more done.

We tend to procrastinate out of fear and say we will stop tomorrow, but tomorrow becomes yesterday and there’s always another tomorrow.

So if you suffer this habit, maybe take the time to write down what it is that you avoid and why. The awareness in itself is an eye-opener and helps us move beyond the fear.

Take a pen and paper right now and jot down one thing, every journey begins with that one step. I know myself that we are a bit lazy and think exercises smexercises, but if you just do it, you can only surprise yourself and improve where you’re headed. Reading and knowledge is great but acting on it is even greater.

Have fun with it, be honest with yourself and reap the rewards!

Monika