{"id":6600,"date":"2017-10-27T06:14:14","date_gmt":"2017-10-27T11:14:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chicagoexecutivecoaching.com\/smartleadership\/?p=6600"},"modified":"2024-05-27T12:41:18","modified_gmt":"2024-05-27T17:41:18","slug":"whats-under-your-rug-procrastination","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chicagoexecutivecoaching.com\/smartleadership\/whats-under-your-rug-procrastination\/","title":{"rendered":"What&#8217;s Under Your Rug?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"bsf_rt_marker\"><\/div>\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"6600\" class=\"elementor elementor-6600\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-cc057bb elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"cc057bb\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container 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burner<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nHowever you choose to describe your form of procrastination,\u00a0there&#8217;s a good chance you&#8217;re putting off some important, yet unpleasant tasks. \u00a0When you remove that unpleasantness from sight, there&#8217;s always a day when it rears its ugly head.\r\n<h2>Why Does it Happen?<\/h2>\r\nIt&#8217;s not that we can&#8217;t. \u00a0We simply won&#8217;t. \u00a0We habitually take the path of least resistance.\u00a0 What does it cost you?\r\n<h2>Your Routine Decisions<\/h2>\r\nFor all you chocolate lovers, here&#8217;s some food for thought, if not for consumption.\r\n\r\nWhat&#8217;s\u00a0your favorite pig-out food?\u00a0Chocolate? Cookie dough? Pizza? Cheeseburgers?\u00a0 Wouldn&#8217;t be great if you live on a diet of nothing but your favorite pig-out food?\r\n\r\nPractically speaking, you can&#8217;t sustain a diet of pig out food.\u00a0 If you value your health, there comes a time when you need to eat your veggies.\u00a0 The same holds true for choosing to tackle unpleasant tasks.\r\n\r\n<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-6604\" src=\"https:\/\/chicagoexecutivecoaching.com\/smartleadership\/wp-content\/uploads\/choc-vs-broc.jpg\" alt=\"Chocolate vs Broccoli\" width=\"500\" height=\"201\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/chicagoexecutivecoaching.com\/smartleadership\/wp-content\/uploads\/choc-vs-broc.jpg 500w, https:\/\/chicagoexecutivecoaching.com\/smartleadership\/wp-content\/uploads\/choc-vs-broc-150x60.jpg 150w, https:\/\/chicagoexecutivecoaching.com\/smartleadership\/wp-content\/uploads\/choc-vs-broc-300x121.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<h2>What&#8217;s Your Broccoli?<\/h2>\r\n<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-4359\" src=\"https:\/\/chicagoexecutivecoaching.com\/smartleadership\/wp-content\/uploads\/checklist-mso.jpg\" alt=\"Checklist\" width=\"220\" height=\"220\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/chicagoexecutivecoaching.com\/smartleadership\/wp-content\/uploads\/checklist-mso.jpg 220w, https:\/\/chicagoexecutivecoaching.com\/smartleadership\/wp-content\/uploads\/checklist-mso-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 220px) 100vw, 220px\" \/>What are three important things on your plate that you have pushed to side for later consumption?\u00a0 My best advise is to\u00a0write your three things down.\r\n<h4>Then ask yourself:<\/h4>\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li>What is my procrastination costing me?<\/li>\r\n \t<li>How good would I feel if I tackled these one at a time?<\/li>\r\n \t<li>What is one simple thing I could do to get started?<\/li>\r\n \t<li>What needs to be entered in my calendar or to-do list to make this happen?<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<h3>Related<\/h3>\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/chicagoexecutivecoaching.com\/smartleadership\/where-are-you-stuck\/\">Where are You Stuck?<\/a><\/li>\r\n \t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/chicagoexecutivecoaching.com\/smartleadership\/tackling-tough-tasks\/\">Tackling Tough Tasks<\/a><\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n&nbsp;\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>However you choose to describe your form of procrastination,\u00a0there&#8217;s a good chance you&#8217;re putting off some important, yet unpleasant tasks. \u00a0When you remove that unpleasantness from sight, there&#8217;s always a day when it rears its ugly head.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":6602,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"What's Under Your Rug? 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