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Are You A Serial Procrastinator?

How often do you tell yourself you can’t workout today? Because you’re too busy, or you’re too tired, or you just don’t feel 100 percent? Or because you’re convinced you’re cursed with bad genes anyway, so what’s the point?

How about healthy eating? Just how often do those weekend market trips go by the wayside, fresh-food guiltily pushed to the back of your mind as you peruse the take-out menus yet again?

As Leo Babauta from Zen Habits says, we all make excuses. There’s no shame in that. But with just a little determination and the following simple yet powerful tips, today might just be the day to start shooting those excuses down one by one.

What are you waiting for? Read Leo’s post now – How To Kill Your Excuses.

2 responses to “Are You A Serial Procrastinator?”

  1. carla says:
    June 27, 2009 at 10:45 am

    Whenever I “don’t feel like it” or don’t feel well, I usually try to work out for 5-10 minutes to see if what I’m feeling is real. If I am really out of it physically, I will know pretty soon and stop. If I am feeling well, I never regret working out.

    • Kat says:
      June 27, 2009 at 2:46 pm

      That’s a really great plan Carla – most of the time we find the things we don’t feel up to actually make us feel better!

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