Dilly-dallying?

I would have sent this earlier..

But I was too busy..

Taking my daily dose of Vitamin P..

^^^ ever heard of that?

Hear me out…

You see, whenever I am putting together something new

Whether it is something we are doing for our members

(like our new printed done for you meal plans with your favourite recipes or even like the eating out guide I sent out yesterday << reply to this email with ‘eating out guide’ if you would like a copy)

I start putting it off. Interesting right?

So how did I finally start writing this message to you now

Or any of the books we are currently doing?

Well, I realised why I was procrastinating. I was worried I would do it ‘wrong’, it wouldn’t be ‘perfect’.

Remember, that pleasure without pain is a fantasy. I had to go through the ‘pain’ of thinking it would be rubbish to get the pleasure of knowing that I have done it. Just like, there is no ‘pain’ without ‘pleasure’. And this goes for everything you do, too. Whether this is procrastinating on a workout because you’re not feeling it or feel you can’t get motivated to do as much as you would like or whether it is procrastinating on cutting up some veg and fruit to make them just as convenient as junk food.

My advice?

I counted down from 5…4…3…2..1 and I committed to writing one line. Just one line.

And I am still writing now this message to you now because of it.

Because it is EASY to procrastinate writing a whole book or email or blog

but it’s not so easy to procrastinate writing one line.

And this goes for workouts, too. That is why we do a 1 minute workout every day, so no matter how busy your day is, you have a choice to workout or not. It may not be THE choice you wanted to make, but you still have A choice.

Fill in this gap below with one thing you will do today to boost your energy, which if you did it, would make everything else easier or unnecessary: If I need to create energy today, I will

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One last thing.

Because procrastination can come from fear.

When I now fear something, this helps me A LOT.

I SAY I want my kids to ‘go for it’, not be scared, and do what they want in their life.

But imagine me then saying “I didn’t do that because I was scared someone would not like it”. Interesting right?

And just to prove that procrastination isn’t a disease or something you HAVE and cannot get rid of, the dictionary even says it can also be described as ‘dilly-dallying’ or ‘dithering’.

So when I procrastinate and I say ‘stop procrastinating’, it feels like a big thing. If I say ‘stop dilly-dallying’ I almost laugh at myself…

So..

That thing you are procrastinating

Dilly-dallying on…

“If not now, when?”

Matt ‘Certified Dilly-Dallyer’ Fruci