So many things in my life have been frustrated by this. Please, someone help me. I don't know how to win over this. How do you do it? 
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Procrastination
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Hi humblejoe,
it is all to easy to procrastinate, and I believe most of us fall in to that every once in a while...I will hold you in my prayers that you may be guided with accomplishing the tasks at hand, and prioritizing may fall into place...best of luck to you, but you have already taken the first step: to ask for guidance, so the the rest will follow. Good luck my friend...love and blessings to you
Amie
it is all to easy to procrastinate, and I believe most of us fall in to that every once in a while...I will hold you in my prayers that you may be guided with accomplishing the tasks at hand, and prioritizing may fall into place...best of luck to you, but you have already taken the first step: to ask for guidance, so the the rest will follow. Good luck my friend...love and blessings to you
Amie
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Blessed-one
a long journey ahead
as amie said, quote: and I believe most of us fall in to that every once in a while.
it's good that u're realising and willing to ask God for help, willing to take a step. i'll be praying, May He guide you every step of the way.
it's good that u're realising and willing to ask God for help, willing to take a step. i'll be praying, May He guide you every step of the way.
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Hewitt
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I know how you feel humblejoe. I am working on an English paper due tomorrow while posting at 11 pm. I am also working toward prioritizing my life to fit God in first. I will keep you in my prayers.
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I am praying for you too. I have the same problem, in 7th grade my teacher gave me a procrastinators award in front of the whole class. It's also a daily struggle for my husband and children even if they are not the ones procrastinating.
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Thanks for your prayers guys and girls.
Does anyone else have some good advice on how to win over this?
Does anyone else have some good advice on how to win over this?
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It is a narrow line between recreation and procrastination.
I also think we waste a lot of time with TV for example.
No one can deliver you from procrastination. You have to do it yourself. Say, it's the weekend and there are a few errands you need to run. Just do them. Chances are, it'll only take a few hours and then you ahve the rest of the whole day free. Procrastinating means screwing off while never being relaxed because you know you have stuff to do. Eventually it gets too late and you feel crummy because you wasted the whole day. yeah, i know this is a bad example. Procrastination is knowing you aren't doing something you need to do. You're putting it off.
Only you know what it is. Only you can fix it.
Dealing with procrastination is rearranging a pattern of behavior. It takes time. For me, I just had to make the choice to start getting things done. It boils down to that choice.
I also think we waste a lot of time with TV for example.
No one can deliver you from procrastination. You have to do it yourself. Say, it's the weekend and there are a few errands you need to run. Just do them. Chances are, it'll only take a few hours and then you ahve the rest of the whole day free. Procrastinating means screwing off while never being relaxed because you know you have stuff to do. Eventually it gets too late and you feel crummy because you wasted the whole day. yeah, i know this is a bad example. Procrastination is knowing you aren't doing something you need to do. You're putting it off.
Only you know what it is. Only you can fix it.
Dealing with procrastination is rearranging a pattern of behavior. It takes time. For me, I just had to make the choice to start getting things done. It boils down to that choice.
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Martin
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Let me give you a practical tip for those who find they procrastinate a lot..... 
1. Sit down and make a list (list one) of all the things you have to do.
2. Before going to bed, look at the list and put on a separate list (list two) the things you are going to do tomorrrow. Be realistic - only put down the things you can achieve.
3. The following day, resolve ONLY to do the things on list two. At the end of the day review the list to see how well you did.
4. Cross the things that you did off list one and add new things you have to do onto list one. Go back to step 2.
This may seem like a real pain, and maybe your not into lists...but I have seen it work with people who do have problems achieving goals etc. After a reasonable length of time doing this, you may find that you no longer need to do it and procrastination becomes a thing of the past as you instinctively realise what you can do in a day and what's important.
For the bright sparks amongst you.....
There will be things of an emergency nature that come up during the day that are not on your list and need attending to. Well, REALLY assess just how urgent the task is and whether it cannot wait. If it is a real must then go ahead and do it - we do not need to be legalistic and get driven by lists. This is not list-theology.
Procrastination means putting off to tomorrow what can be done today. By definiton you may say that this enforces procrastination in that you are writing up what you are going to do tomorrow. Well, I take the Jewish stance on this one....the evening is the beginning of the day - you start the day by going to bed. By the way, it's not just a Jewish stance....didn't the writer of Genesis (under the insirpation of God) write "and EVENING and morning was the first day"?
Blessings.....
1. Sit down and make a list (list one) of all the things you have to do.
2. Before going to bed, look at the list and put on a separate list (list two) the things you are going to do tomorrrow. Be realistic - only put down the things you can achieve.
3. The following day, resolve ONLY to do the things on list two. At the end of the day review the list to see how well you did.
4. Cross the things that you did off list one and add new things you have to do onto list one. Go back to step 2.
This may seem like a real pain, and maybe your not into lists...but I have seen it work with people who do have problems achieving goals etc. After a reasonable length of time doing this, you may find that you no longer need to do it and procrastination becomes a thing of the past as you instinctively realise what you can do in a day and what's important.
For the bright sparks amongst you.....
There will be things of an emergency nature that come up during the day that are not on your list and need attending to. Well, REALLY assess just how urgent the task is and whether it cannot wait. If it is a real must then go ahead and do it - we do not need to be legalistic and get driven by lists. This is not list-theology.
Procrastination means putting off to tomorrow what can be done today. By definiton you may say that this enforces procrastination in that you are writing up what you are going to do tomorrow. Well, I take the Jewish stance on this one....the evening is the beginning of the day - you start the day by going to bed. By the way, it's not just a Jewish stance....didn't the writer of Genesis (under the insirpation of God) write "and EVENING and morning was the first day"?
Blessings.....
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