I’ve always liked to think of myself as a “do it now” sort of person. But over the last week I’ve realized that actually, I’m sometimes use “busy-ness” as an excuse not to do the things I know I really should. Not the little things (like cleaning out my kitchen drawers of accumulated crap), but the bigger things… like putting together proposals to run corporate workshops, offering a group coaching course, building an online Courage Club… stuff that will require more time, more commitment, and involve a bigger risk of failure.
So it got me thinking about this whole subject of procrastination and in a quick mini-survey I quickly realized that I am among good company. Perhaps even yours! 😉 In fact I think it’s something everyone does from time to time. Sometimes it’s mundane stuff like filing taxes. But more often it’s the bigger stuff. Like ending a relationship that’s dragging us down, beginning the process of pursuing a more rewarding career path, getting back into shape, or to pursuing a long held dream. [Read more…]