Procrastination wasn't the way forward

Hi everyone.

I have had  a very positive shift of mindset over the last few months of business, I've gained more full paying clients boosting my confidence no end and made some important decisions surrounding my brand.

This week life gave me lemons. Did I make lemonade ?? Nope I procrastinated about all the things I needed to do and did absolutley nothing. What a wally. I saw a few spaces in my diary and instead of using the time wisely to finish my website, fill paperwork for the new skincare company I'm going to use, make orders and generally just sort things out, I rushed around filling my time with useless tasks claiming I had no time to get any of my real jobs done.

I am now on Saturday morning and looked back over my week, there were some very important jobs that I could have done very easily within an hour or two each and felt like a bit of a prat for all the time I wasted. I have no one to blame but myself, I am the only one who can make changes and I chose not to. I have felt a bit poorley all week and had some family issues but really I know my work is my release from the stresses of everyday life so can't fathom why I made such little effort this week.

So just this morning I have finished the website and published it, there are a few tweaks that need to be done but overall I'm happy with it, read some coaching material, looked up recipies for cleansing balms, written a blog and kept up with my facebook posts. Faith in my ability is restored and I now need to set up a timetable for next week as I will not be making the same mistakes again.

This week has taught me that no1, we all have times that our goals will seem unreachable but thats ok no2 Time management is key to staying on track, no3 I need to concentrate on 1 thing at a time to achieve anything at all, if the entire list of 'things to do' is always in veiw the task at hand gets lost
I already feel better having got my website published, my pricelists are set for the 1st of june so I can now print off a few to have at home and when I got out to jobs or pamper events. My tasks for the week are set and I feel my focus has returned. Thank goodness this has only lasted a week can you imagine the mess I'd of got into had I of let this frame of mind get a hold of me.

I'm not sure there is a moral to that story other than have an end goal, work backwards from that to set the interim goals and focus on one thing at a time whether it be a week for a project or a day for ordering, facebook posting or blogging. Achieving one thing from a list of one is better than achieving nothing from a list of 50.

I hope this has been helpful.

Lots of Love

Mrs G xxxx