Some days I am good, some days I am not so good about maintaining my focus and efficiently completing my 'To Do List'. I rarely am late with deadlines, but I do p
rocrastinate, at times, which causes an unnecessary rush to completion on projects large and small. It is far too easy to burn time reading E-mails, surfing the Internet, and looking for things to do other than the pressing task at hand - a task that I don't really 'want to do', but is mandatory, thus unavoidable at some point. There is no excuse for procrastination, other than it is easy to do, and it postpones the inevitable. Procrastination causes anxiety because projects pile up and deadlines loom. Procrastination is a New Year Resolution assassin. Procrastination can get you in trouble with the boss, spouse, family, friends . . . Need I say more? Procrastination is not a good habit to adopt, but it is a popular, though naughty, companion.
With that in mind, I intend to work hard to 'Stop Procrastinating, as part of my I Resolve To . . . Challenge: 365 Resolutions For Health & Happiness. Why not join me? The objective is very simple: Do at least one thing each and every day to promote health and happiness for 'YOU'. Banish the 'Someday, Someday, Someday Syndrome'. Instead, make every day New Year's Day. Make every day count. The list of possibilities is infinite and can be tailored to your own dreams, resolutions and daily goals. If you need some help - a little nudge, a bit of inspiration, tips, advice, and news about the best ways to make resolutions a reality - please use IResolveTo.Com and the I Resolve To . . . Group at Gather as two of your resources. Resolve365 in 2009.
Stamping out procrastination is high on my priority list. I think about it and write about it frequently. Here is a short list of columns that I have written for I Resolve To.Com and shared with EzineArticles.Com, Helium.Com, and social networking groups like Gather.Com, in recent years. All five columns provide simple, common sense tactics that can be used to 'get stuff done':
- I Resolve To . . . Stamp Out Doubt!
- I Resolve To . . . Treat My Time Like Gold!
- I Resolve To . . . Stamp Out Procrastination!
- I Resolve To . . . Keep My Priorities Straight!
- Ten Ways To Jump Start Your New Year Resolutions!
Remember: I Resolve To . . . Achieve My New Year Resolutions, One Resolution, One Day At A Time For One Year. It's your choice. Do it today. Turn your resolution into reality in five simple, common sense steps: Dare To Dream, Decide, Define, Develop A Plan, and Do It Daily. Make your resolution a permanent Lifetime Resolution, something that's with you for good! Above all, Be A Resolutionista, someone who makes resolutions, keeps resolutions, and enjoys the journey! Let's Go For It!
Kim Simpson, a former journalist, provides communications, fundraising services and strategic planning, for Members of Congress, non-profit organizations, corporations, and associations in the Washington, DC Metropolitan Area. A self-employed entrepreneur, with more than 30 years of experience, she launched IResolveTo.Com in 2005 in an effort to help others to achieve their New Year Resolutions, Dreams and Goals. Get your daily dose of inspiration at: http://www.iresolveto.com - As added incentive, why not make and keep your New Year Resolution by wearing it? Drop by: http://www.cafepress.com/iresolveto
This article is Copyright © Kim M. Simpson, I Resolve To, Inc. * All Rights Reserved.
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Comments: 15
I consider myself very fortunate though, not to be tied up with cell phones and the like. So many people are tied to those for an untoward amount of hours a day and are never really in a single moment because they are tied to two moments at once. I have seen a lot of these people really let huge things pile up on them, and let themselves be totally overwhelmed when due dates are near. I always want to shout, "Turn off the phone!" but it would do little good, as making that suggestion, even in a mild way, is largely ineffective.
elaine d.
Kim - you just won't believe my garden!!! The corn are green and beginning to get little leaves :)
...now finishing the laundry, that can wait untill tomorrow...
I have resolved to work better under pressure = so I can always make my deadlines! :)
Have a good weekend Kim!
I did set my sites on a crochet doiley, but kept putting it off-looked too difficult, with a very thin thread and hook, and the pattern. Well I set my mind to it and finished it today! well, almost-just have to weave in the thread ends and block it, but i can at least pat myself on the back for "getting it done"
Thanks for the encouragement Kim :)