TAKE ACTION NOW

Think I can do it and I did!

Next time you catch yourself saying, "I can do this later", think Nike. Just do it! Push on through the feelings and do it now. The feeling you get when you finish will be so much better than any relief you get from putting it off.

If you catch yourself saying, “I won’t do this now, I will do it later” – stop thinking and just do it.  The feeling you get when you finish it will be so much better than any relief you will get from putting it off.

I wanted to write and share my favourite quotes in a small e-book. I thought I couldn't do it but I stopped thinking and put my money where my mouth is, have a look at My Little Book of Quotes.

GROW THE ROSES

I was watching Chitty Chitty Bang Bang with my grandson and a song came up that was so pertinent to what I was working on:

Steps to beat Procrastination by Motivation

The translation of  procrastination is 'in favour of tomorrow'.  By the same token if you move motivation around it is "move to action" 

If procrastination is the thief of time, then read on and find the motivation to stop procrastinating:  "The only lifelong reliable motivations are those that come from within and one of the strongest of those is the joy and pride that grow from knowin gthat you've just done something as well as you can do it. "-Lloyd Dobyns and Clare Crawford-Mason, Thinking About Quality

That's a nice smiley motivational quote!

Procrastinate No More

What will it take for you to stop procrastinating?  Do you procrastinate?  Do you admit to procrastinating?  Would you like to join Procrastinators Anonymous?

Shall we reverse the questions?  What will it take for you to motivate yourself? Do you need motivation? Do you admit to needing motivation?  Would you like to join Motivators Anonymous?

I AM AN EMPTY NESTER

There I have said it.  I am an empty nester. What does that mean - it means my children have flown the coupe.  I wrote something about this a couple of years ago, when one daughter flew with her boyfriend to New Zealand. Last year another daughter emigrated to Israel with her family. So how do you feel:

WHAT DO YOU WANT FOR CHRISTMAS

All I want for Christmas is …………

Have you decided what you want?

Have you made your list?

Are you going to do it

From that last paragraph you will realise I am not alluding to presents but yourself, your health, your actions, your LIFE

DON'T FORGET YOUR MEMORY

There was recently an article in the Daily Mail – I actually can’t remember when or what it was but it was definitely before last week.  It was about memory and whether or not you were heading towards senile dementia. There was a tick box, and if you ticked all of them, there was a good chance that you were heading towards senile dementia.  I stopped ticking when I had got most of them right – I didn’t want to carry on.  One question was “do your friends ever comment on your loss of memory” well most of my friends couldn't remember if they had or hadn’t. 

 

Money Money Money

The Abba song Money Money Money always made me laugh with the words "It's not funny - in a rich man's world" Is money ever funny?  Not when you haven't got a lot of it or lose it. With the credit crunch as it is, we need to look closely at our finances.

ARE YOU INTO TASK EVASION

The worse thing about a task that you need or even want to do is actually starting it.  You can find all sorts of reasons not to start anything. I was doing that today.

TIME FOR YOU

Sometime we put off doing things for ourselves. Where exactly does this get us? Not very far.  We all need to have time for ourselves. We need to look after ourselves a bit more than we do. After all, who is the most important person in your life?  – your parents? Your family? Your children? Your friends? If you think they are then perhaps you need to think again.