One Simply Way to Overcome Procrastination

Procrastination can be a form of fear.
Fear of failure, fear of imperfection, fear of disappointing others fear of change or success.

One way to overcome the fear is to imagine working for future you.

Maybe it helps to think about End-Of-Day You, who’s feeling accomplished and relishing in doing a great job today. End-of-Day You surely doesn’t want to feel like the whole day was spent on emails and ignoring your life’s work.

Maybe NextYearYou is more motivating to you. NextYearYou is living the life you want–a little more serious about work, a little more successful, and a little more rigid with time.
How disappointed would they be if they saw you procrastinating today?

Future You is your boss.

Future You is guiding your work–from your to do list to your breaks, and how you spend your time. Future You doesn’t care if you waited for a Monday or the new year to start something big. They only care that you started that important work and kept working on it until it was done.

Get started. Future You is watching.

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