Former procrastinators, as we help contain the Corona virus, I pray you are healthy and remembering the great love of our powerful God. Let’s express joy and gratitude while in these circumstances as we recognize time and opportunity we don’t normally have in our homes. We have fewer interruptions and more time in place. …
Why, former procrastinators, do mini habits work? Stephen Guise tells us in his book, Mini Habits. A habit has an assigned nerve pathway in the brain that is triggered by a thought or cue. An electrical charge fires along the pathway and you have an urge to engage in the behavior. (Alarm buzzes. Hit the…
Planning more for my week than I can actually do, former procrastinators, is a constant downer. I set overly ambitious goals I’m not able to reach in six days. (We’re fond of eating, sleeping, etc.) Sometimes going big with massive change works. Most of us benefit from smaller changes. What are mini habits? Why do…
Do you, like me, former procrastinators, plan fairly well, but your follow up disappoints you? Our strategy may be the glitch. We can beat that! This month we’ll focus on the value of small steps and how to make them. We’ll learn some about how our brains work so we can take advantage of how…
Happy New Year, former procrastinators! Rejoice as you review the progress you’ve made in putting off procrastination. The following points have been a special help to me this past year: Employ mini habits. (See the book, Mini Habits by Stephen Guise and the March blogs.) When I’m tempted to put something off, I remember creating…
Former procrastinators. I’m easily enticed away from my duties by entertainment. Not by Hollywood. Entertainment for me is anything that appeals and diverts me into a relaxed state that helps me ignore what I ought to do. It might be a chore I prefer, tv, book, magazine, or google search. Does FB or Pinterest do…
When I was a spring chicken, former procrastinators, I jogged in the early morning. (Picture that – a chicken jogging!) My mentor and several of us girls went to the track and did our laps. Another jogger was our pastor who offered me some pointers. He explained that I was swinging my arms from side…
Go to the ant, you sluggard; consider its ways and be wise! It has no commander, no overseer or ruler, yet it stores its provisions in summer and gathers its food at harvest.
Proverbs 6:6-8
. . . you have put off the old man with his deeds, and have put on the new man who is renewed in knowledge according to the image of Him who created him.
Colossians 3:9-10