I had an awesome week… two weeks ago. The deadline loomed, the pressure was on, and I performed. I made a month’s worth of income in a week, and good thing too, as I had pretty much pissed away the preceeding 3 weeks. The week after that was another total write-off, I did almost nothing besides attend a meeting and answer my email.
How can I follow a star-performer week with a useless-johnny week? Why, after I shake off the procrastination monkey, is it so easy for him to climb back on?
For a while now I’ve been performing well. The work was new and exciting. But now it’s all so last-month. It’s time to bring back some tried-and-true procrastination-beating tactics, and to try out some new ones. (more…)
