Fighting procrastination

I have not won the procrastination battle (yet.)

Actually, I’m about even in this war. I’ve won some, and procrastination has won some. I think I lose because the jobs seem too big. For example, I want to declutter my house. That is a big job, so I tend to procrastinate, which drives me crazy. I know I want an organized house.

Yesterday, I found a ray of help. I read a meme on a Facebook decluttering page that said, “Drop everything and declutter something for five minutes.”

Since I am an obliger, I stopped what I was doing and cleaned out a bathroom drawer. Thanks to the mice, there a lot of items that were now trash. In five minutes, I had a clean drawer, and my unopened soap was now stored in a Tupperware container.

I’d say hooray for me, but I’d wanted to work on that drawer for a couple of weeks. It took five minutes once I finally did it. Two weeks of thinking about it vs. five minutes of getting it done. I guess procrastination won that round.

How are you doing on your goals for 2020? Like me, you might not be having blazing success, but it’s only January. If we improve a little each month, we’ll be procrastination-busting, goal-reaching winners by December. The trick is to never give up.

I’ll keep fighting, and I hope you will too. It’s worth it.