Overcoming procrastination

My husband's currently applying for a job. He's really interested in the job - even excited about it. Trouble is, he's finding everything else he needs to do instead of just getting on with it!

Sounds familiar?

I guess we all suffer from procrastination at times. Usually when we have other things we'd much rather be doing, or when we simply don't enjoy the task in hand. Or maybe, like today, when the sun's shining, it's a glorious day, and we'd much rather be outside!

I'm writing some tips for avoiding procrastination in my newsletter this week (sign up on the form on my website to subscribe - it's free). In short, key tips include making sure the task is something important to you and that you can benefit from (even if the task is your job, so if you don't do it you might get fired!), break big things down into small steps, add in some rewards (e.g. how will you treat yourself when it's complete?) and don't try to be perfect, just good enough, in what you do.

I also stumbled across this webpage that has an article on how to overcome procrastination, which speaks a lot of sense.

OK, I'm off to help my husband with his application. Oh yes, that's the other tip - get help from someone else to kick-start things!