A Secret to Find Time When You're Overwhelmed
By: Rita Emmett
"I have so much to do, I just can't do everything. I don't
even know where to start." Sound familiar? Most people occasionally
battle the habit of PROCRASTINATION -- putting off something
you really want or need to do. And in spite of how terrific you
are at setting goals, procrastination can sabotage your personal
and professional life.
Have you ever said "I'll clean the garage when I have a
whole Saturday free." or "I'll tackle that paper clutter
on my desk when I have an uninterrupted chunk of time."?
But we'll NEVER have a whole free Saturday or uninterrupted chunk
of time, will we?
If you wait until you GET the time to do something, it will
never happen. Nobody gives us time. ("Here's a big ol' bucket
of time for you.") We've got to MAKE time for those things
you want and need to do.
Here are five steps to take the STING out of feeling overwhelmed,
and together they form a simple yet powerful strategy to help
you make time for what is important to you.
S - Select just one thing to do.
T - Time yourself. Set the kitchen timer for one hour and go
for it
I - Ignore everything else while the timer is ticking
N - No breaks until your hour is up.
G - Give yourself a reward when the timer dings.
When your hour is up and you give yourself that reward, you
might find that what you've been putting off for months took
you only 23 minutes to accomplish.
Or if it's a giant task, often the momentum is there and you
want to continue. And you'll have discovered one of the secrets
of blasting away the procrastination habit: you didn't put off
the whole project, you simply put off getting started.
Rita Emmett, author of THE PROCRASTINATOR'S HANDBOOK and
THE PROCRASTINATING CHILD: A HANDBOOK FOR ADULTS TO HELP CHILDREN
STOP PUTTING THINGS OFF, is a professional speaker who presents
Keynotes and Seminars nationwide. Her CLUTTER-BUSTING HANDBOOK
will be published next April.
Rita's web site: RitaEmmett.com
Her email is: Rita@RitaEmmett.com
