Focus is Power
Scattered and confused thoughts are common contributors to procrastination because it’s difficult to stay on track when you don’t have a clear focus.  You end up either wasting time with untargeted actions or simply stalling because you’re not sure how to proceed!  Even worse is the way mental confusion can drain your physical energy and steal your motivation, compounding the problem. If you’re struggling to overcome procrastination and take charge of your life again, you may find it helpful to start by sharpening your focus.  With a sharper focus comes clarity and renewed motivation – which can provide the boost you need to overcome procrastination. Here’s ho

Enough Excuses
A strong habit of procrastination can leave a lot of destruction in its wake, so it can be helpful to be firm and unyielding with the techniques you use to conquer it.  When it comes right down to it, you can analyze the reasons why you procrastinate as much as you like – but you won’t stop doing it until you decide that it’s time to take back control of your life. Here are three powerful “no excuses” approaches that can help you do that: 1)    Get tough. One reason you may procrastinate is because you feel intimidated or overwhelmed by the tasks or chores facing you.  In order to overcome a tendency to avoid things that seem difficult or frightening,

Benefits of Procrastination?
Most of us are used to thinking of procrastination as a negative thing, but did you know that there are sometimes benefits to procrastination?  It’s true!  Procrastination can be used constructively if you do it in a conscious manner. Below are a few ideas for how to do so in your own life: •    Procrastination provides space to allow your ideas to fully form. Sometimes when you get an inspired idea you want to get moving on it right away, but acting hastily before you’ve fully fleshed out all the details can result in unexpected problems and delays. By choosing to hold off on a new idea until you’ve planned and prepared for the best course of act

Just Be Aware
Procrastination can often grow to monstrous proportions in your life, but sometimes it can be much more subtle too.  Perhaps you don’t have huge, messy snarls in all areas of your life due to procrastination, but is it possible that you procrastinate just enough to limit your potential? If you’ve had some big dreams and goals that you never seem to get around to achieving for any length of time, you may be procrastinating without even realizing it!  There’s nothing wrong with putting off your dreams and goals, unless doing so leaves you with a vague sense of dissatisfaction or boredom with your current circumstances. In order to overcome even subtle levels of procra

Avoidance
Have you ever noticed how sneaky procrastination can be?  It’s incredibly easy to fool ourselves into thinking that we’re being productive, but at the end of the day we find we’ve gotten precious little done. Have you ever found yourself using avoidance activities like surfing the internet, watching television, doing housework or laundry, or running errands in order to avoid working on something you don’t want to do?  For example, you might have a work project due by the end of the week and instead of working on it you keep finding domestic chores that “just can’t wait”. We all do this to some degree, but it can quickly get out of control if you don’t keep