Tips for procrastinators

(note to self)

I'm a procrastinator. Time and again I avoid to see that actually I want to do too much in the limited amount of time that is available in each day, week or month. I start surfing the web, reading books, sleeping, writing blog posts, anything to deflect the panic I feel when I realize how much work there's left. By now I have learned some tricks that help me to get back on track again. Maybe they are helpful for others too:

• Stop thinking about what I must do, start thinking about what I want to do.
  (Most of the times these are the same things, but refrasing my thoughts helps me to face the facts instead of feeling overwhelmed by the outer world)
• Start with the tasks that I fear the most.
  Get it over and done with.
• Keep track of what I do. Write it down.
  Synchronize what I feel I did with what I actually did. Often, I did more than I thought. And if not, I'm confronted with the fact and prompted to take my responsibilities.

The most important thing to realize is that I am the one that is in charge of my life. I am the one that chooses what to do or not to do. Even not deciding is a choice. And so the consequences are mine.