Procrastinating on a rock part 2

So good! I’m picturing being stranded, alone, and battered by weather. I’m stuck, uncomfortable and going nowhere. Thankfully, with this reflection I think I’m ready to dive off the rock and start swimming for shore.

Thank you for your questions and personal share. I realise there’s some unnecessary urgency in my thinking – now that I’ve decided I’d like to do the course, I have to do so now otherwise I’ll be too late/will miss opportunities. I think I’m focusing on cost, because it avoids admitting I don’t think I’m good enough to make this income stream work. Maybe I’ll be no good at the course and so still won’t be good enough even after having spent the money to do it.

This new model feels good and has helped to clean up my thinking:

C: new income streams

T: I’m committed to exploring options that excite me and have the potential to make money

F: Committed

S: strong and sturdy, open

A: decide to focus on one of the two courses ($1k), put $500 of upcoming bonus towards it, save $50 a week to make up the rest, set up the weekly transfer and forget about it.

R: I make 1k to pay for writing course by end of March

 

 

Answer:

Love all of this. The visual of diving in is so good. How does this model feel for you?

What do you notice that is different than the energy that was keeping you in procrastination? Give this part of you some love. It makes perfect sense to be stuck. It’s our brains doing their job.

How will the choices you’re making now help you become the person you want to be in the future? It’s so common to think “when I get x certification I will feel x emotion.” Or “when I complete x course I will be able to do x”. But we know that it isn’t the course that creates our result. It’s the thoughts and feelings that fuel our actions. This is all part of the process. Be sure to check in with your nervous system every step of the way.