Procrastination Rationalization

Today’s newsletter is brought to you by procrastination. I have three things that I NEED to be doing, BUT…

• one I don’t want to do at all.
• the second I need more time than I have at this particular moment to do.
• the third, is a call I’m not eager to make.

So instead I’m writing to you. Which is my mental way of allowing myself to procrastinate (aka put off doing) those other three things.

Which made me think about all the mental justifications I can come up with (I’m really good at it) to get my way out of doing things I’d rather not be doing…

How about YOU?

Right now, list the top 3 mental justifications you use to procrastinate… GO.

Did you write them down… or put it off?

Perhaps you rationalized you’d finish reading the newsletter THEN write them down. I think it’s why I love Jeff Goldblum’s character in The Big Chill talking about Rationalizations.

I know I’ve never gone a week without one.

NOW, stop procrastinating and write your top 3 mental justifications.

Did you R E A L L Y write them down?

Moving on.

Now I challenge myself… I mean YOU… to not use any of them for the rest of today AND all day tomorrow.

I wonder what we will find is different.

Off to do my three things,
Lynn

ps: I’ll let you know how I do next week, let me know how you do too!