Stop. Procrastinating. Now.

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1. I procrastinate because I tell myself lies, and then believe them. “This won’t take long,” for example. Or, “I’ll only do this one, and then quit.”
   Also, I exaggerate the difficulty of what I need to do, and it becomes more aversive than before. Or I think of all the things on my to-do list, and all of them produce even more anxiety than one. Or I can’t decide which to do first, because that would be neglecting something else.
   I have written a hypnotic suggestion to deal with that, and haven’t had time to record it (more procrastinating?) However, when I went to bed, I hypnotized myself and just said, “Everything in that suggestion is true for me.”
   It “kind of” worked. However, I got started on a “should do” task, but picked one that was more attractive than the others, which was “cheating.” I was concerned with catching an internet swindler, and wasted half a day getting everything done, including a trip to the police department and a notary public. O.K., I did air up some tires and paid the rent, and emailed somebody about some checks, so that’s better than nothing.
   I had let the checks stack up since 2015, and now most of them are un-cashable. I did what I could yesterday and today, and got a third of them ($750) cashed, and if the email works, I’ll have about 2/3 done.
   It did give me an idea for improving my hypnotic suggestion, and adding something about not just picking a “need to do” task because it is attractive, but to pick something because it is important for other reasons.
   Eventually I need to write a suggestion about reducing Facebook time. I’ve done that the last couple of days, and if I can keep it up and improve some more, that will take me a long way toward my goal.