Self-Help Author Provides Five Timely Tips for New Year?s Procrastinators
Self-Help Author Provides Five Timely Tips for New Year’s Procrastinators
New York, NY (PRWEB) December 27, 2011
Some traditions never seem to go out of style. At this time of year many people start making New Year’s resolutions. However, it seems for many that just as quickly as they make them, they break them. That’s something a lot of us can relate to. Why don’t more people keep their New Year’s resolutions?
Author David Parker reminds us that as the year draws to a close it’s only natural to take a few moments to reflect on our lives. He says, “What someone calls a resolution is often more a super-sized life goal. However, if that goal is too vague or too large to be practical, it may be cast aside due to other considerations. When that happens, our emotions and self-esteem may feel low because we procrastinated about something we really wanted to achieve but didn’t get around to. That, Mr. Parker believes can lead us into feelings of depression.
David Parker knows about goals, procrastination, and depression because he’s the author of the new self-help book, “How Many Procrastinators Does It Take to Change a Light Bulb?: Take Control of Your Life and Defeat Immobilizing Depression!” Parker says, “The key to successful New Year’s resolutions isn’t necessarily your goals, it’s more the words you use to achieve them.”
Mr. Parker adds, “When we give ourselves goals that are too large or too vague, we can become overwhelmed with anxiety and abandon them. If we continually make goals and fail to commit to them, we may question our resolve and experience feelings of depression.”
When asked his suggestions for making smarter New Year’s resolutions, Mr. Parker provided these five tips:
1. Plan your work. If you want to lose ten pounds before the first day of spring, design a game plan for how you’re going to accomplish that goal. Remember it’s easier when you break big goals into achievable targets.
2. Work your plan. Achieving a goal often means giving up something in order to gain something else in return. In the case of dieting, keep this mantra in your mind: “A moment on the lips, forever on the hips!”
3. Many procrastinators struggle with messy homes. If your home looks like the National Debris Preserve, here’s all you need to do: invite your friends and relatives over for a party. Surprised? Well, you shouldn’t be. There’s no better motivating incentive that’ll get you to make your place neat and organized than good old-fashioned embarrassment.
4. Sorry to remind you but New Year’s Day also rings in something else in the US; it’s the start of tax season. Get off to a good start by organizing your receipts. Remember: you don’t have to do it all in one grand attempt. Try 20-minute blocks and you’ll soon be organized enough to meet with your accountant.
5. Train your mind to focus on “just one task” by using The J.O.T. Method™. David Parker solved his own procrastination problem when he came up with a simple yet highly effective technique. Parker learned that he could only get one thing done at a time. Once he took that to heart, he discovered that worrying over things he hadn’t dealt with was pointless because all he could ever deal with was “just one task” at a time. Inspired by the success of his method, he decided to tell the world about it in his new self-help book, “How Many Procrastinators Does It Take to Change a Light Bulb?: Take Control of Your Life and Defeat Immobilizing Depression!”
To learn more about how to get things done while feeling better about yourself, visit David Parker’s website at http://www.DavidParkerAuthor.com.
About David Parker
David Parker suffered for years with depression and anxiety. During a particularly low point he recalled a friend’s advice and started keeping a feeling’s diary. As time passed, he saw a connection between the tasks that he avoided facing and his poor feelings and low self-esteem. Armed with this insight, Mr. Parker taught himself to face his tasks and the overwhelming feelings they brought by learning to focus on “just one task,” which he incorporated into “The J.O.T. Method™.” His book, “How Many Procrastinators Does It Take to Change a Light Bulb?: Take Control of Your Life and Defeat Immobilizing Depression!” is published by Darwin Bay Publishing.
David Parker, who has lived in London, San Francisco, and Brooklyn, New York is available to speak about overcoming procrastination before your company, group, or school. If you would like to have Mr. Parker speak before your organization, please send us an e-mail via our website’s contact page at: http://www.DavidParkerAuthor.com.
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