I had to laugh when I read this quote:
There are so many things that we wish we had done yesterday, so few that we feel like doing today
~ Mignon McLaughlin
This is SO me! I’m perpetually in the “why didn’t I ___ when I had the chance” (fill in the blank – make that call, clean that bathroom, send out that birthday card …) mode and yet at the very same moment, I’m always able to find some wonderful excuse for not completing the task I was wishing I had already completed now that I have the time once again.
Whoa. That was quite a sentence, if you can even call it one. I’m not even sure it makes sense 
The point is I’m always kicking myself for not making better use of my time when I have the chance to. However, no matter how sore by behind becomes, I seem to just keep flitting my time away with senseless or, perhaps better stated, non-productive tasks.
There must be a way to change my modus operandi and be more productive. I’m tired of looking back at my day and feeling as though I could have accomplished more if only I’d been more organized, inspired, motivated, energenic … whatever it was that was missing when the opportunity to be productive presented itself.
I did read a book quite a while ago called Following Through: A Revolutionary New Model For Finishing Whatever You Start. It was written by S. Levenson (although it now seems to be reprinted and available with co-author Pete Greider listed as the main author) and it was one of those books that just made sense. If you’re a procrastinator like me, I’m sure as you read through this book you’ll find yourself saying, “Yes, that’s exactly what I need to do.” And you might even find yourself incorporating some of the ideas that are shared in the book and make some real headway into becoming more productive and time efficient.
Yet, here I am looking at a quote that is ringing true very loudly and without end.
I think it’s time to bring out my EFT training and add this to my list of things to work on. If anything can help me to get to the root of why I behave the way I do, help me to stop the self-sabotage that seems to be impeding my progress, and pave the way to permanent change, it’s EFT.
I’ve already got a few things on my self-improvement list that I need to get to before I tackle this one but I thought I’d mention it (read that put it in writing so I can’t renege on it) while I was thinking about it. Especially since that quote crossed my path today! It must have some relevance for my life to have appeared when it did and to have caught my notice.
I’ll be blogging about my progress as I work on different self-improvement issues. And if I come up with any helpful resources along the way, I’ll be sure to pass those along as well.
I’m off to do … well, something.
