Empowerment

Procrastination is a “Purpose Killer” because it averts you from acting on the things that matter to you. When you procrastinate, it causes you to put off important tasks and goals leading to you feeling stuck, often untethered and directionless

In a fast-paced society full of distractions and demands it can easily lead to many individuals finding themselves trapped in procrastination. Procrastination, might seem harmless at first. Nevertheless, any habits of delaying tasks will eventually have deep consequences for an individual’s ability to pursue their purpose and unlock their true potential.

What is procrastination?

Procrastination, is the act of delaying or postponing tasks or actions that need to be accomplished, often opting for more immediate and pleasurable activates instead. Procrastination involves avoiding or putting off tasks that require effort, concentration or discomfort. This behavior often results in unnecessary yours has chosen a school with an average cost north of $90,000 per year, and you are proud to share with all your friends on social media.

I see a lot of people steering their child towards “affordable” schools, where affordable is dependent on what your family can afford. This is a personal choice based on your own family dynamics. Some will support their child’s choice of school and find a way, including student loans, parent plus loans and school payment stress, reduced productivity and missed opportunities. Having personally dealt with procrastination, I am aware that anyone can experience a period of procrastination. The key is to develop strategies to overcome it. Everyone has the power to break free from the chains of procrastination and start reclaiming their path to success.

Clearly, procrastination is a formidable obstacle that can hinder and stand in the way of our personal growth and one of the “Purpose Killers”. Today, let me share with you 7 tips to overcoming Procrastination.

1. Get Clear on Your Priorities: Start daily by prioritizing your day. Instead of doing a “Things to Do List”, starting thinking about a “Today List”. The today list can assist you setting boundaries for the day and no longer allowing yourself to be pulled in different directions.

2. Allow “No” to be a complete sentence. When you learn that ‘No” is a complete sentence it’s helps you to stop allowing others to keep you in a state of procrastination and set clearer boundaries. This results in you saying no when needed and helps you better prioritize your day and meet deadlines.

3. Reduce distractions: Determine what things distract you and do all you can to eliminate them. An example is spending too much time on social media platforms, or watching reels. These become distractions which take you away from the tasks that needs to be completed.

4. Practice Positive SelfTalk: Engaging in rewarding self-talk is okay when you are feeling overwhelmed, stressed or discouraged. When you are feeling overcritical of yourself, we are prone to negative self-talk. Turning that around to positive self-talk helps you to counteract those thoughts and builds your self-esteem.

5. Build Your Confidence: Learning to build your confidence is an effective way to overcome procrastination. When you build your confidence in your abilities, you plans. This is also a personal choice based on the perceived value of the degree from the chosen school. The payoff is simple. The average earning for a high school graduate is $28,000, trade school is $42,000 and college is $51,000 per year.

The results are proven, and the only variance lies in the emergence of trade school careers that produce results. The personal financial question is what the return on investment will be. I love my children to the point of irrational behavior, but my personal choice was driven by what it would take to get these children off my payroll. More specifically, what would be the best investment to finish the job of raising my children. As you evaluate the answers to the question for this column, consider student and parent plus loans in the context of an investment in your child. Consider and effort to minimize loans versus avoiding loans all together. Photo Credit: Shutterstock

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will be more ready to act and to tackle the tasks you have been putting off.

6. Connect with an Accountability Partner: Besides holding yourself accountable, when you have an accountability partner they can provide motivation, offer additional support and help you to stay focus. This also creates a sense of community and helps you set clear boundaries.

7. Share Your Success: Acknowledge your hard work and progress which helps you feel more positive and energized. Take some time to reflect upon your hard work, your accomplishments and acknowledge completing a major task. Use your success to motivate you to set new goals and challenges for yourself. www.sanja@drsanja. com not accidental. Rather, it is intentional, always has been, as is this politicized position against Critical Race Theory in the schools. How dare they say, ‘It will impact their children.” Well, it should. Who cared how the distorted history taught me and all my brilliant young Black friends. The fact that we had to sit in a classroom and be told that people that looked like us were cannibals and did not invent or create anything worthy of note.’ We were affected and yet as Maya Angelou, wrote . . . “and still I rise.”

My note today is to pay attention as they seek to roll back freedoms, education, the opportunity to vote, and other meaningful opportunities for women, the poor, people of color and anyone that doesn’t fall into their supreme jurisdiction. Pay attention. They support a past president of the U.S., who gave them the okay to hang Vice President Mike Pence; who told and continues to spew lies about a ‘fixed’ election; who has hoodwinked and continues to bamboozle the less educated or the lazy. The information is there if you seek the truth.

Oops! I forgot they stopped teaching ‘critical thinking,’ stop preparing our children to be warriors of truth and lovers of humanity, so it’s easier to accept the rhetoric that is dished out daily all day. I will close with this note, “If they come for me in the morning, they will come for you in the night.” Angela Davis.