January 2006 Anticrastination Tip
Sheet
What's the opposite of Procrastination?
THE ANTICRASTINATION TIP SHEET
An Idea and Tip Sheet to Blast Away the
Procrastination Habit
From Rita Emmett
Author of THE PROCRASTINATOR'S HANDBOOK, and
THE CLUTTER-BUSTING HANDBOOK
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Quotes for January
People are about
as happy as they make up their minds to be.
Abraham Lincoln
Our remedies oft in ourselves do lie
William Shakespeare, (All's Well That Ends Well)
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Want To Hear Rita In Person?
If you live in the Chicago area and you would like to hear
Rita speak, this is your chance.
Arlington Heights Memorial Library
Thursday, January 12
7:00 - 8:30 pm
CONQUER YOUR CLUTTER!
Cost: FREE
For directions and to register, call Linda Mulford 847-506-2628
Also, Rita will present a program at her own Writer's Group on
REDUCING CLUTTER: UNCLUTTERING YOUR WRITING SCHEDULE
AND YOUR WRITING DESK
Thursday, January 26
9:30 am till noon
The Winnetka Community House
620 Lincoln Avenue
Cost: $8
For directions and to register, call Janie Baskin 847-291-6697
Watch for March issue of Women's Day (goes on stands in Feb) for a mention
of The Clutter-Busting Handbook in an organization article by Amanda
Pressner
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Message From Rita
Past Tip Sheets have explored ways to conquer clutter and to stop
procrastinating with tasks, chores and errands.
Let's start
off the new year moving to the next level. Do you put off taking care of
yourself and taking care of what you need?
If you could
wave a magic wand and receive all the care you've wanted, what areas of
your life would you change?
Would you become healthier?
Move physically fit? Thinner? Would you eat more healthy foods?
Would you connect with people more often? Or less often?
Would you stop feeling lonely?
Would you
stop spending time with people who make you feel miserable?
Would you have more (or less) social activities? Group meetings? Business
engagements?
Would you exercise more? Spend time out in
nature more? Have more quiet time or meaningful time in your life?
Would you stop feeling guilty or worried or anxious as often as you do
now?
Would you stop wishing that someone or something would
change so that you could finally feel happy? (and instead - simply make up
your mind to be happy?)
Would you start to have fun and let
go of stress?
Would you stop finding excuses to do
something to "recharge your battery"?
Would you have more
control over your schedule? Be less hurried & harried?
Would you stop trying to control things you have no control over?
Would you take more control of your life and stop letting others (or
phones, schedules, computers, emails, to-do lists, etc.) control you?
Would you stop allowing impossible standards to make you crazy; standards
such as perfection or "never making a mistake"?
Would you
be more positive? Pleasant to be with? Less critical? Less judgmental?
Would you be more active? More energetic? More organized? More dependable?
Would you enjoy your life more?
Here's a slightly different
question: What if you spent the same amount of thought, energy and time on
YOU as you spend on others? How would your life be different?
After giving thought to these questions, here's one more: What is keeping
you from taking care of yourself?
Obviously, we don't have
control over everything. You can't cure an incurable illness; you don't
have much control of your time if you're caring for someone not able to
care for himself or herself. But must that completely stop you from
enjoying life or adding fun to your life or eating healthier or whatever
other changes you desire?
Maybe chasing after several
preschoolers all day does mean that their needs come first, and maybe
working a high pressure job does mean you don't have much time for
yourself, but isn't there some way to sneak in a few minutes to take care
of you?
It might take some creative problem solving but
often there is some way to squeeze little kindnesses to yourself into your
daily schedule.
Final questions:
Hmmmm, these are questions worth pondering, aren't they?
If you wish that someone would take care of you, this year let YOU become
that someone, and start down the glorious road of experiencing the joys,
rewards and improved lifestyle that come when you start taking care of
yourself. I'd love to hear your thoughts about this.
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Want To Write a Book This Year? We'd love to help.
We have a new product; it's a CD of our "Teleseminar for
Authors". It's a $15.97 value that will be on sale for $10 during the
month of January.
Buy
Now
Also, you might want to treat yourself to a book-writing
system, "Book-In-A-Box," that will help you finally get started on your
book. Here's a comment we received recently:
Dear Rita,
What a motivating and helpful tool your Book-in-a-Box is. Mine
arrived yesterday morning. Since then, I've paged through the lessons,
downloaded the awesome screen saver (every procrastinator needs this) and
listened to CDs 1 to 5...some twice! Your down-to-earth information is so
valuable. Thanks again for making this available.
Blessings,
Joyce Heiser
To check out either of these resources, go to
www.RitaEmmett.com, and click on
"The Writers Room"
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