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The Goal: Stop procrastinating

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	flowers2006 says: 03/13/2006	Change is hard but the only way for me to get out of this is to make myself do it.Make plans to leave the town I hate and reasonable plans. Just say "GO FOR IT!" :):):):) Force myself beyond the OCD.Part of the OCD was saving stuff I didn`t need. Also getting hooked on the computer all day because it was a way of avoiding things that needed to get done. Look at it step by step instead of one huge obstacle.
	ekhaley says: 01/07/2006	1) May be you love procrastinating. Make it fun! Give yourself a proclaimed "Official Procrastinating Day" and procrastinate the hell out of it on that special day, including eating, going to bathroom, and hey, miss the bedtime. Get the procrastination out of your system on your own holiday. Once the holiday is past, don't procrastinate on anything you do. One trick is "touch it once." Whatever you start to do, paperwork, resume, cleaning, etc., finish at once before you move on to other things. Phone rings? Let the VM pick it up. Finish and don't sidetrack. If it's a big task like reading a book, break down in milestones, and don't stop until you reaches the milestone. And, look forward for your next Personal Procrastination Day!
	Ruefus says: 01/05/2006	Pick one thing to stop procrastinating on. Something that repeats. Not wanting to pick up clothes off the floor, calling someone back. Something simple. Any time it comes up and you feel like not doing it - do it. Don't think - don't rationalize - DO. "Stop procrastinating" is like saying "I want to eat an elephant". You do both the same way - one bite at a time.
	cece_ says: 12/31/2005	Try to play with "Sims2". See how you manipulate the sims to get their life better. See how their 3 aspirations are significant in their life. See that they need time to clean their house and how they need time to accomplish themselves.

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	MarcD says: 01/02/2009	This is by far the most important (and also the toughest) goal for me. Achieving this goal will make achieving the other goals easier and so this ranks at the top of my priorities! I'm a huge procrastinator and I do it excessively. It won't be at all easy to sort out, but one step at a time I'll become more disciplined and able to focus on work and the tasks at hand!
	millyj says: 11/06/2008	I agree with Ruefus...it takes baby steps. Start with the smaller things and work your way to the more bigger and more important things or issues. I believe we are all making an effort by being members of this wonderful website. It's a great tool
	Anonymous says: 01/26/2008	THANK YOU ALL FOR YOU COMMENT and the links you sent me... MUch love to you all
	Anonymous says: 03/06/2007	I don't think you can ever stop
	flowers2006 says: 03/13/2006	I used to just jump in and get things done then I started having fears and OCD.I believe moving to a town I ended up hating started this because I felt stuck in quicksand.
	cece_ says: 12/31/2005	Davidj send you a interesting link. Proscratination is a matter of priority. You are proscratinating because you are not happy with your life, so you're looking for easy pleasure. Indentify what can make you really happy with life (sometimes it's hard to see, because you are not confident with yourself). Then try to organize yourself to daily accomplish this goal
	davidj says: 12/30/2005	I've found an interesting link on http://standblog.org/ about this. Just follow http://paulgraham.com/procrastination.html
	Anonymous says: 12/29/2005	In general what are you putting off doing? If you give some examples I'm sure people can add encouragement to stop!