• Skip to primary navigation
  • Skip to main content
  • Skip to primary sidebar

Rocking Your Path with Kat Sturtz

Building a Life and Solo Business You Love

  • Home
  • About
    • Contact
  • Blog
  • Meet With Kat
  • Fast Action Fridays
  • Community
  • MEMBERS

First step in overcoming procrastination is acknowledging your problem

By Kat Sturtz 16 Comments

First step in overcoming procrastination is acknowledging your problem
Share this on ...Share on Facebook
Facebook
Tweet about this on Twitter
Twitter
Pin on Pinterest
Pinterest
Share on LinkedIn
Linkedin
Email this to someone
email

Some days the only way to face our procrastination is with a little humor.

Yep. This about covers it. 

Is procrastination a problem for you?

Oh, my, it can be for me! Even my husband notices when I’m deep-cleaning under the sofas or recesses of seldom used closets or nit-picking the placement of knick-knacks, I’m hip-deep in procrastination mode on something of vital importance.

The good news is I’ve learned to recognize the difference between useful forms of procrastination versus procrastination that just keeps us stuck in the quagmire of our thinking and doing.

We’ll explore that in a future post. For now, take a moment for a useful form of procrastination and enjoy a chuckle with me courtesy of Pleated-Jeans. 🙂

And feel free to share what some of your common procrastination issues are in the Comment section below.

Share this on ...Share on Facebook
Facebook
Tweet about this on Twitter
Twitter
Pin on Pinterest
Pinterest
Share on LinkedIn
Linkedin
Email this to someone
email

Related posts:

  1. Finding ways to move forward when conditions aren’t perfect
  2. How are negative energies created?
  3. What’s Ahead for You in 2017 with guest Lexis Johnson
  4. 10 Step Meditation to Release Negative Energies

16 Comments

About Kat Sturtz

Kat is a business life mentor who is affectionately known as The Purgatory Relief Coach for People Who Think Marketing Is Hell for her ability to help small business owners quickly move past obstacles that had kept them trapped in despair and leaking money. Click here to schedule a free call.  

Reader Interactions

Comments

  1. Brenda Spandrio says

    October 2, 2013 at 5:51 pm

    I totally get this! Even though I’m a professional organizer now, I wasn’t born organized. I still have to adapt to my tendencies toward clutter and disorganization. Procrastination is partly caused by fear — we are fearful that we don’t really know what we’re supposed to do, that we will displease someone, that we aren’t as competent as others believe. Even if all that has some truth to it, the key to overcoming procrastination is GET MOVING!

    Thanks for the post; I’ll be sharing this with my clients!!

    Reply
    • Kathy Henderson-Sturtz says

      October 2, 2013 at 6:33 pm

      Hi Brenda!
      Delighted this resonated with you. Appreciate your additional comments. I agree that procrastination is partly caused by fear!
      Thanks for sharing with your clients.

      Reply
  2. Massimo Marino says

    October 3, 2013 at 3:18 am

    It gave me a chuckle. I believe the “writer’s block” has been invented by procrastinators to put the blame on something they pretend not to be able to control.

    I agree with Brenda… GET MOVING. Inspiration always finds writers when and while they write 😉

    Reply
    • Kathy Henderson-Sturtz says

      October 3, 2013 at 9:34 am

      Hi Massimo,
      Get Moving <-- That's so important. So many people, especially wanna-be-published newbie writers think they can't write unless (or until) they feel inspired. But while waiting for inspiration works fine for hobby writers, though of us who write for a living would go broke or get fired if we always waited for inspiration to begin. As you point out, inspiration comes to those who start. Thanks for sharing. Hope you'll be back again soon.

      Reply
      • Michele Lewis says

        October 3, 2013 at 3:26 pm

        I didn’t name my “writer’s block” as procrastination but I guess it could be. For me it was avoidance, oh wait that is what procrastination is isn’t it? Avoiding something and often the avoidance is actually creating what we didn’t want whereas if we did it we’d be well off. Love the picture from pleated-jeans, it’s spot on. 🙂

        Reply
        • Kathy Henderson-Sturtz says

          October 3, 2013 at 4:24 pm

          Hi Michele.
          That procrastination is a tricky devil. 🙂 Thanks for adding your feedback. Hope you return. I’m looking forward to your feedback on how I distinguish useful procrastination versus the bad-boy kind.

          Reply
  3. Leslie Denning says

    October 4, 2013 at 1:27 pm

    Hi Kathy. I love this graphic! It can be the story of my life some days. My biggest procrastination is getting on the phone for followups. I don’t like to talk on the phone that much anyway, and some days I’ll do just about anything to avoid it. Not good! Thanks for this.

    All the best,
    Leslie

    Reply
    • Kathy Henderson-Sturtz says

      October 4, 2013 at 1:44 pm

      Oh, I hear you, Leslie. I don’t mind the phone, especially if I’m coaching a client, but I spent so much time using it back in my Ma Ball telephone operator days, and later as a advertising sales executive selling Yellow Page advertising that I shy away from it other times.

      Let me know if you’d like to chat sometime about that follow-up phone avoidance issue of yours. Might be able to help. At least we could provide a little phone call fun for each other. 🙂

      Reply
  4. Sylviane Nuccio says

    October 7, 2013 at 9:28 pm

    Hi Kat,

    I totally know what you mean, my procrastination pattern resemble yours.

    Not too long ago I’ve learn of eating that frog first and do less important things later and it helps a lot.

    Reply
    • Kathy Henderson-Sturtz says

      October 7, 2013 at 11:26 pm

      Hi Sylviane. “Eat that frog first” is such an unforgettable image and inspiring advice. Is there anything in particular that triggers you to procrastinate?

      Reply
  5. Adrienne says

    October 8, 2013 at 11:37 am

    Hey Kathy,

    Okay, so I use to be able to say that I’m really not a procrastinator but I’ve really been questioning myself a lot lately. I’m not sure if I’m nervous, scared or not sure of what I want to do next which is why I’m holding myself back and basically doing a heck of a lot of procrastinating. Yikes!!!

    I really don’t think I’m that bad though, for the most part! lol…

    Loved that image, priceless girl.

    ~Adrienne

    Reply
    • Kathy Henderson-Sturtz says

      October 8, 2013 at 11:53 am

      Adrienne,
      I think the key for you is that you are accomplishing so much, so my guess is you have occasional periods of procrastination that have you temporarily spinning your wheels. Other procrastination likely falls into the what I referred to as “useful forms of procrastination.” Went through one of the “useful” periods back in August and the “Oh, that’s why” of it didn’t become clear until last week.

      Love it when you add your feedback! Come back again soon. 🙂

      Reply
  6. Karen Stultz says

    October 8, 2013 at 1:29 pm

    I Love this Kat!
    WOW Procrastination is really a part of my life sometimes!
    Learning to recognize when it is procrastination or the excuse it is is Key.
    Being able to tune into the feeling and recognize it as an expansive feeling or a contracting feeling is great. If we look at something and feel contracting feelings that it is not done yet…Yup Procrastination. A trick I use is asking myself “How am I feeling right now?” “How do I want to feel at the end of the day?” and “What needs to happen for me to feel that way?” “What or who do I need to help me with that?” Sometimes, that “Deep Cleaning” is what is necessary to feel empowered enough to “Eat the Frog” 🙂
    Thanks for the post! The Graphic is really fun!

    Reply
    • Kathy Henderson-Sturtz says

      October 8, 2013 at 6:34 pm

      Hi Karen,
      Thanks for sharing the tip about assessing expanding or contracting feelings. And I see you are another “Eat the Frog” fan. 🙂 Looking forward to hearing more about you initiate your own “Deep Cleaning.”

      Reply
  7. Dee Ann Rice says

    November 21, 2013 at 5:01 pm

    Kathy,

    I do procrastinate but not really very often. When I do though I will do chores that maybe do not need to be done right then but it is not cleaning my house usually. I will clean off my computer or work on something on my website that really does not need to be done.

    Maybe I should clean my house because that is something that probably needs to be done.

    I feel like I am working though if I am doing something on my computer. While I do get stuff done that needs to be done it is not the priority that the stuff I am avoiding is.

    I look forward to the next post.

    Dee Ann

    Reply
    • Kathy Sturtz says

      November 21, 2013 at 8:54 pm

      Hi Dee Ann. There’s definitely a difference between ‘busy work’ and actively working on a task truly serves our needs and efforts to move forward. Looking forward to your feedback on the next post scheduled within a few days.

      In the meantime, did you happen to check out this post about multi-tasking?

      Reply

Leave a Reply Cancel reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

Primary Sidebar

Fast Action Fridays on YouTube image

Let’s Connect

Follow Us on FacebookFollow Us on TwitterFollow Us on LinkedInFollow Us on PinterestFollow Us on InstagramFollow Us on YouTubeFollow Us on RSS

Recent Posts

  • Building Your Digital Team to Maximize Your Skillset with guest Brook Borup
  • How to Grow Your Business and Self-Confidence with What You Wear with guest Scarlett De Bease
  • How to Create and Launch Your First Course Fast with guest Melody Johnson
  • The Holy Trinity of Website Design Success with guest Kurt Scholle
  • Finding Your Divine Rhythm with guest Dori Staehle

Legal Stuff

Privacy   |  Disclaimer  | Credits  | Contact

Kat Sturtz 56 Vibes Services
PO Box 147 |  Pigeon MI 48755 USA
Office: 989.545.5351

Music on Fast Action Fridays recordings by JewelBeat. Used with permission.

  • Home
  • About
  • Blog
  • Meet With Kat
  • Fast Action Fridays
  • Community
  • MEMBERS

Copyright © 2007–2022 • 56 Vibes Services • | All Rights Reserved