There is no reason for procrastination

In keeping with the procrastination topic I decided to take a closer look at what it will take to overcome my procrastination issues. My reasoning here is that anything that I decide to attempt is often thwarted by my procrastination tendencies... even activities or tasks that I LIKE to do, forget for now about things that I don't like to do. So for me to even take steps toward any self improvement or other beneficial activities I need to overcome this issue first.

One example: My wanting to set up my bike on my stationary trainer to use during the winter.

I know I like to use it off season and I like the results in not losing my cardiovascular performance. I like listening to various musical selections along with the spinning techniques that match the music. I bought a top of the line trainer a few years ago so I wasn't dealing with substandard (for me) trainer issues. It's just an all round enjoyable part of my exercise routine in the winter and it certainly makes starting the spring cycling season much more enjoyable starting out more fit than having done nothing all winter long.

It took me until January to get this setup and using it for no other reason than I just didn't do it. Considering it took all of 10 minutes I cannot for the life of me figure out why I did not just do it two months ago. I chastise myself every time I thing about not getting things like this done, sometimes AT THE TIME OF NOT DOING THEM.

Obviously if I consciously WANT to do something, know that I will benefit from it, have no reason why not to do it then it just doesn't make any logical sense to me on a conscious level.

Enter the unconscious level.

Rather than trying to figure out my unconscious "reasoning", as I don't believe that there is reason involved in unconsciousness anyway, I decided to take a different approach. I will tell my unconscious what I want to do and establish a pattern that, like any habit, will become "second nature" to me. In other words I will create an unconscious directive.

To be continued (in keeping with my attempt to keep these posts shorter in order to overcome any resistance to getting into a long dissertation on any topic)

Jeff.