Task Therapy
It’s happening again. That dream where I must be dying and I’m floating away from my body. Look! There I am. I’m separating from myself. I can see the desk where I was sitting. There’s my favorite coffee mug from my last dive trip. I really need to work on the hair. I didn’t know it looked like that from the back. Wait. I’m not dreaming and there’s nothing going airborne. It’s my emotional investment divesting itself from my current assignment. Not only are we going our own separate ways I don’t see any hope of reconciliation!
Does anyone else have feel like this when you’re really, really not interested in the next task or project on your horizon? Don’t you think that feeling is especially worse after you’ve managed to slip this particular task down to the bottom of every prioritized list you’ve made up. You have hit rock bottom, have to get this done and no longer have the option of procrastinating.
Do arranged to-do lists really work? They can. Like real relationships you just have to look for the good in the task at hand. Or, look at the task at hand as the key to something really good.
Let’s try some task therapy and look for the good. Let’s say you’re trying to lose weight and you absolutely hate sweat. Fair enough. That whole sweat aversion thing is really going to throw a hitch into the less pounds per square inch thing. What we need to do is to find you a really good reason to sweat. A reason that resonates more with you than the aversion to sweat turns you off. How about stress relief? I’m a kindler, gentler me after a half hour in the gym. Whether I’m thinking of calories burned or not, I’m definitely a degree or two down on the “about to blow my stack” scale. Exercising and therefore sweating, makes my week much more calm and relaxed. Those two things have quite an impact on a very hectic daily schedule. One I can’t do without.
What if you didn’t even think of losing weight as a goal? How motivating does that sound? Instead, why don’t you set your sights on an athletic event and get in shape for it? You could try for 10-k if you’re a runner, join the club basketball team if that’s your thing or even find a partner to enter the racquetball tourneys. Work out with the team, join a group at the club interested in the same thing or just play more basketball!
If you don’t absolutely love your next task, trade it in for a new one. Don’t settle for less than true love. It won’t last and the break up is sure to be an ugly one!
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Tags: getting organized, Procrastination, setting goals