Tessar
07-04-13, 07:49
It's a miracle, well, sort of....... but I woke up this morning and WANTED to get out of bed...... How very odd, I'm not used to feeling positive but perhaps it comes as a result of making myself keep at it.
Last week, having read information about procrastination, I was determined to start fighting the lethargy. I'm by no means "there" but I do know how important it is to keep plugging away. Chiseling away bit by bit at the feelings of lethargy & laziness & working through the things behind these feelings too, also bit by bit.
It did help reading up about procrastination too. What came as a surprise is that I'm not actually being lazy at all. It's this darned procrastinating that is stopping me from doing things. I am just sooo very good at putting things off. if there were a qualification in it, i would probably have a PhD by now.
This is where i found the information procrastinating:
http://www.cci.health.wa.gov.au/resources/infopax.cfm?Info_ID=50
Having read up about it, what I can see more clearly now is that it's a complex tangle of all sorts of things going on in a busy mind. I am a past master at procrastinating. You'd think that having learned about that years ago in Therapy I would spot the signs. But as you probably know, it doesn't work like that. Sometimes you get so deeply entangled that you literally are stuck. Unable to motivate yourself as and caught in a frustrating web of confusion.
But having been pointed in the right direction by my counsellor (who reminded me about procrastinating) and then purely by chance someone posting a link on here to various modules (thank you Lilharry) it was like a couple of doors opening for me and a bit of light at the end of the tunnel appearing.
Here's the link to all the modules on the site Lilharry recommended. They do all sorts of other things as well.... including depression, building body acceptance, self-esteem, facing your feelings, overcoming health anxiety, eating disorders, panic, bi-polar, worrying, shyness, perfectionism.
http://www.cci.health.wa.gov.au/resources/consumers.cfm
For me, what seems to work best is breaking things down into smaller tasks, dealing with one issue at a time. Anyway, since I was feeling energised.... I just had to share my excitement with you. And if it doesn't last that long, not to worry because there will be a next time and a next time after that.
Last week, having read information about procrastination, I was determined to start fighting the lethargy. I'm by no means "there" but I do know how important it is to keep plugging away. Chiseling away bit by bit at the feelings of lethargy & laziness & working through the things behind these feelings too, also bit by bit.
It did help reading up about procrastination too. What came as a surprise is that I'm not actually being lazy at all. It's this darned procrastinating that is stopping me from doing things. I am just sooo very good at putting things off. if there were a qualification in it, i would probably have a PhD by now.
This is where i found the information procrastinating:
http://www.cci.health.wa.gov.au/resources/infopax.cfm?Info_ID=50
Having read up about it, what I can see more clearly now is that it's a complex tangle of all sorts of things going on in a busy mind. I am a past master at procrastinating. You'd think that having learned about that years ago in Therapy I would spot the signs. But as you probably know, it doesn't work like that. Sometimes you get so deeply entangled that you literally are stuck. Unable to motivate yourself as and caught in a frustrating web of confusion.
But having been pointed in the right direction by my counsellor (who reminded me about procrastinating) and then purely by chance someone posting a link on here to various modules (thank you Lilharry) it was like a couple of doors opening for me and a bit of light at the end of the tunnel appearing.
Here's the link to all the modules on the site Lilharry recommended. They do all sorts of other things as well.... including depression, building body acceptance, self-esteem, facing your feelings, overcoming health anxiety, eating disorders, panic, bi-polar, worrying, shyness, perfectionism.
http://www.cci.health.wa.gov.au/resources/consumers.cfm
For me, what seems to work best is breaking things down into smaller tasks, dealing with one issue at a time. Anyway, since I was feeling energised.... I just had to share my excitement with you. And if it doesn't last that long, not to worry because there will be a next time and a next time after that.