Stop procrastinating — follow your dreams

Did life happen and your dreams got put on the back burner? This has occurred to most of us. We have all heard that procrastination is the thief of time. I don't think that is entirely the case. Time is constant; we all have the same hours in every single day, it is how we choose to use those hours that steals the time. We all seem to think that things will take longer than they really will, so we talk ourselves out of doing them. Just what have you been procrastinating about lately? Laundry? Getting the car washed? Or is it something much deeper than household chores?

Have you gotten in a rut? Not a bad rut; let's say a comfortable rut. You know, the same ol' same ol'. You go through your day without any thought about your passion. Passion, what is that, anyway?

When procrastination gets in the way of your passion, it becomes an excuse to not follow your dreams. We have all said it in some form or fashion: "I don't have time to go back to school and finish my degree." This "I don't have time" attitude gives us the excuse to not be or do what we were put on Earth to do with our lives. You are robbing yourself of you! Not to mention that you are robbing the world of you!

When your heart is not in what you are doing, then nothing will ever make you happy! It doesn't matter if you make all the money in the world. If it doesn't make you happy, it means nothing. Happiness comes from within. This is what FLYing is all about. Finally Loving Yourself enough to know that for some reason you are not happy. You thought getting the house clean was all it would take to make you happy.

As you learn the FlyLady way of breaking things down into baby steps, you will find the right path that is going to lead you to true happiness. This happiness starts by letting go of procrastination and perfectionism.

I never knew what I wanted to be when I grew up. For years I was a bookkeeper, then I taught fly fishing. I was not fulfilling my destiny because I still had an empty hole to fill. Nothing would fill up this hole — spending money, relationships, food or anything else I used to keep me in my rut.

You see, ruts keep you in a path that is not your choosing. Because it is so hard to get out of the rut, it is just easier to continue on this sidetracked journey. I can hear you now: "But I did choose my path!" Did you really, or did circumstances just put you in this position?

Some people never get out of their ruts. It involves too much change. When we allow our routines to take over the maintenance of our home and we are on automatic pilot, then we are freed up to follow our dreams one baby step at a time.