”Until you value yourself, you will not value your time.
Until you value your time, you will not do anything with it.” ~ M. Scott Peck

Procrastination is…

It is the root of all…well, opportunities lost.  It is the anti-growth, the thief of dreams.  The verb procrastinate means to put off doing something, especially out habitual laziness or carelessness.  Call it whatever you want, delay, postpone, defer, dillydally….I”M BUSY!  But your probably not.  If you are not doing the things that you do not want to do, that if you just did, would keep you from procrastinating and lift you right into production, then your energy doesn’t feel so great.  You may be tired sluggish, carrying too much weight, moody or unhappy.  When you feel productive, you are happy.  Why are you happy?  Because there is nothing lingering over your shoulder that is keeping you down and… “busy”.  You know what it feels like when you have a productive day.  It feels good.  Your energy feels good.  It makes no difference whether you did the laundry, made those dreaded calls or pushed play and worked out.   After you finish, you get a lift, a sort of relief.  The burden is no longer there, at least for now.  It’s all good.

The Four Hour Workweek by Timothy Ferriss

I am currently reading for the third time, “The Four Hour Work Week” by Timothy Ferriss.  I keep a copy of the book at home and the audio version in my car at all times.  When I first read this book, I was tired and exhausted all the time.  I was not living the kind of life I wanted to live.  Frustrated that every day seemed to go by very fast, me feeling completely busy the entire day and not having, what I consider, satisfying results at the end of the day.  Talk about a Debbie Downer.  Every night I would look into the mirror and think to myself, you really didn’t do anything today.  I definitely called it “busy” though because I was answering emails, checking Facebook, doing a little laundry, talking on the phone with someone who needed me, driving, trying to learn something new on the computer, blah, blah, blah.  I wasn’t feeling happy.

“Procrastination is opportunity’s natural assassin.” ~Victor Kiam

I did what Tim Ferriss suggested.  I took an Internet sabbatical for a week.  I have to be honest.  I thought this would not work at all.  How could I not answer a request on Facebook or Twitter?  But I did not.  I only used the Internet if I needed to look up an address or something for my business.  But that’s it.  A little anxiety at first because it occurred to me that I would actually need to write out my life plan for the next couple of weeks, block off time by using the exercises in Tim’s book, and do just exactly what I wrote in my planner.  This made me nervous as I knew deep down I was avoiding what needed to be done to get my business going, but when I put it to work I started feeling very relieved.  In the first week I made 10 new contacts for my business and 4 out of the 10 became clients.  I got up every morning and pushed play.  If you have read any of my other blogs you would know I am a Yoga Coach and a Beachbody Coach.  Being fit and balanced is my number one priority.  If I do not get to work out, do a little yoga, and meditate on a regular basis, the seams start to unravel. It is my business.  It is what I help other people do, so nothing can get in the way of what fuels my business or my personal life.  If I am not fit or balanced, I am unable to effectively coach or take care of my family.  So that had to be the number one priority when reading Tim’s book, putting ME first.  And by doing that, I am in the best shape I have been in years.  And I coach my clients to do the same.  Put YOU first.

If You Are Not Putting Yourself First Then There Are More Serious Issues On The Table 

You are the most important component of your own equation of life.  What’s missing?  Ask yourself, “Am I living the life I want to live?  Am I spending my precious time doing what is important to me? To my family?  Do I feel really healthy and happy?  Do I have the stamina to do the things I want to do?  Do I earn the kind of money that will set me free?”  Self inquiry is, without a doubt, a crucial component to living your life exactly the way you intended.  If you are not living your full potential, push play and “Just Do It!”  Your the driver, the composer,  and the writer of your own life.  If you need help, I am always here.  You can call me anytime.

Namaste and Happy Day!

Donna Marguglio