I have read few books about time management and personal productivity to help me overcome negative habits and implement positive habits into my life.
The actions and habits, the categories and themes varies, but the challenges are common:
- How to stop procrastinating
- How to create goals and make plans for actions
- How to prioritize
- How to get things done
- How to meet difficulties and setbacks
What helps me may also help you:
- Find meaning
- and change the attitude from “I have to do it” to “I want to do it”
- Preparation:
- Write down goals, actions and plans
- Create routines
- Make appointments with myself
- Make reminders for important appointments and tasks, especially if they are not urgent and there is no external pressure to do them.
- Tell others about my commitments
- Find people with common goals to share experience and for support
- Determination:
- Procrastination affects all areas of my life and stop me from achieving the life I want
- It is difficult to be happy and peaceful as long as I have unfinished “businesses”
- Thoughts and emotions will come up without warning to remind me of unfinished tasks or goals not achieved
- So when the alarm reminds me about appointments or tasks, stop thinking and “Just Do It!”
- Be prepared for difficulties and setbacks:
- Know my strengths and weaknesses
- Develop myself and learn
- Network with my coworkers and others
- Find a couch or adviser
- Create a strong foundation
- Appreciate and love my family and friends
- Eat healthy
- Exercise body and brain
- Being kind and patient
- Change takes time
- Be patient
- Some day’s I succeed, some days I don’t
- Don’t give up and the negative habit will looses its stickiness and the positive habit becomes a routine.
Until we can train our minds through meditation to watch thoughts and feelings come and go without disturbing our peace and happiness, it does not hurt to have good habits and routines. So that when we take time to do things we enjoy, we are not disturbed by thoughts of unfinished tasks and goals hanging over us.
