How to push past procrastination!

I have several apps on my phone that I check in with daily. #1 is First 5 (first5.org) It is a great daily devotional/bible study app that keeps me focused and allows me to spend some time with God each and every day. Big priority for me. Tomorrow's post will be about that app and more about the Christian aspect of my life. 

Today, I am going to share another app that I LOVE! Shine! It is an app that brings all kinds of things to the table and really makes you think about all aspects of life. Today's topic on Shine is Emotional To-Do lists. It talks about how we have an emotional reaction to everything we do, whether we realize it or not. 

Example:
Dropping my son off to go to work    Emotion:Sad- he has been attached lately
Testing students today                     Emotion: Boring--- so boring
Working out                                    Excited!
Cooking dinner                                Relieved- something easy on the menu

See how that works? They say that the things that you don't look forward to or that evoke negative emotions are the things that we tend to procrastinate doing. We put those things off more than the things we are excited about doing. The suggestion was made that instead of just procrastinating in general with those things- find a way to make them happen, but maybe not in the way you originally thought. If searching for recipes makes you dread it- just find 1 a day. If working out is something you currently dread, try it for 10 minutes a day and then up your minutes as you start to enjoy it and crave the sweat. Really tune in the next time you make a to-do list and then work on trying to combat that list a little at time. The things that you don't look forward to doing can be changed, fixed, or maybe even looked at in small increments. This may help to get them DONE.


Here is the link to the SHINE article if you would like to check it out! 
https://advice.shinetext.com/articles/why-you-should-write-an-emotional-to-do-list/



Happy Tuesday all!