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5 Signs You Need Help With Procrastination

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5 Signs You Need Help With Procrastination

Who wouldn’t want to wake up every morning feeling motivated and raring to get on with their day? Yes, me too!

The trouble is, that from time-to-time we can all fall into the funk of procrastination and when that happens it can be really hard to claw yourself back to a place where life feels hopeful, stimulating or even inspiring!

Check out these 5 signs that your life may have slipped into the doldrums and read on to get help with procrastination before it sets in too deeply. [Read more…] about 5 Signs You Need Help With Procrastination

My Self-Sabotaging Behaviours

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My Self-Sabotaging Behaviours – Do You Recognise Any of These Too?

Today I’m going to talk about my self-sabotaging behaviours and specifically my personal experiences with self-sabotage which are many and varied.

If, like me you have a desire to achieve more in your life by setting goals for the things you want to have, do and be, but then you fail to achieve some or all of the things you know in your heart you’re capable of, then you will probably recognise some of these self-sabotage tactics at work in your life too.

Of course, I don’t have all the answers (if I did, I wouldn’t be writing this blog post!) but I hope that by surfacing my own self-sabotage demons that it will help you identify where and how you could be self-sabotaging and then come up with a plan that will help you move forward. [Read more…] about My Self-Sabotaging Behaviours

Align Your Actions With Your Goals and Values

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Align Your Actions With Your Goals and Values

To achieve any goal, you must take action, but not just any action, your actions must align with your goals and values. It sounds easy and obvious, but for a lot of people taking the right actions is difficult, especially with there being so many distractions to contend with.

But let’s break this down further because the title suggests that there are two angles to this discussion – your goals and your values.

Let’s start with values.

What Are Personal Values?

Before you can even decide if your actions align with your goals and values, you need to know what your values are, but very few of us actually articulate our values. Instead we have a vague understanding that some actions feel right and other actions just feel a bit off. [Read more…] about Align Your Actions With Your Goals and Values

My Personal Goals for 2021

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My Personal Goals for 2021

I’ve been worrying about setting my personal goals for 2021. There’s no doubt that the events of 2020 and into 2021 have curtailed the things that any of us can do and with that, aspirations have also been clipped.

For any of you that have been following me over the years, you’ll know that my major goal for every year has been travelling and from 2015 to 2019 we have been lucky enough to visit some amazing places and have some awesome family getaways.

But of course, 2020 pretty much put paid to that…and who knows what will happen for the rest of 2021? Even as I write this, there is debate about overseas travel and whether that will be allowed to go ahead for anything other than essential purposes.

But…BUT! I’ve decided to take a stand against the uncertainty and put my plans together anyway. There are some things I can manage and control and a lot of other things that are outside my control, but there’s one thing I know for sure: setting no goals at all leads to lethargy, indolence and boredom. [Read more…] about My Personal Goals for 2021

Why You Need To Finish What You Start

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Why You Need To Finish What You Start

Finishing has never been one of my strongest personal characteristics. In fact, on a lot of personality-type tests, I score quite low in the “finisher-completer” category.

But whilst knowing this can be quite off-putting, it’s actually served me well to know that finishing isn’t one of my strengths. Being made acutely aware of this “fault”, I now actively monitor my outputs to make sure that I’m not routinely falling just short of the finish line.

Of course, that doesn’t mean that I’m 100% disciplined in this area. In fact, there are times when I fall back into my natural ways, taking on more than I can effectively handle at any one time and then failing to deliver outputs in a consistent manner.

It’s not a great place to be, but the good thing is that awareness soon catches up with me and when it does, I immediately get back into a “finisher mindset” and start chugging through my tasks to bring them to completion.

You see the thing is that it’s kind of obvious, but in order to get anywhere in life, you have to make a point of finishing what you start and then getting it out there. [Read more…] about Why You Need To Finish What You Start

How To Get Started (Even When You’re Scared)

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How To Get Started (Even When You’re Scared)

You could be reading this during the 2020/21 pandemic or maybe (hopefully) by the time you read this, we’ve all moved on and life has returned to normal, but whenever you’re reading it, you came here because something is stopping you from getting started on that ‘thing’ that’s important to you.

You might be feeling compelled to make a start whilst also resisting. You’re frustrated, even angry with yourself for not getting on with the work or for procrastinating. But most of all, you’re sad. You know there’s an important part of you that needs to be surfaced, but right now, it still hasn’t seen the light.

So what’s causing this lack of action and, more importantly, what can you do about it? [Read more…] about How To Get Started (Even When You’re Scared)