Breaking Through Procrastination, Day 1 Managing Procrastination + Distractions
Daily Meditation Podcast
Mary Meckley
4.1 • 1.5K Ratings
🗓️ 23 April 2023
⏱️ 38 minutes
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Summary
This week's series starts off with an interview with Monica West, a producer and actress who shares how she broke through procrastination and distraction to complete the production of a major project.
This week's series of meditations guide you on a journey to reclaim your inner peace. Peace is within you. It's always there. You may have lost your connection with your inner peace, but it's always been there. Your challenge this week is to reclaim your inner peace. Begin to weave awareness of peace back into the fabric of your life.
This is part 1 of a 7-Part Meditation Series to Manage Procrastination and Distraction, Episodes 877-883.
YOUR WEEKLY CHALLENGE:
Keep a Distractions Journal at hand this week. Write down the distracting thoughts that come your way and begin to notice patterns of distractions.
You are guided with a different meditation technique every day that is customized for the week's theme. Weave the techniques into the most stressful times of your day to manage difficult emotions. The meditation techniques help to calm the "monkey mind," when your thoughts continuously interrupt your meditation.
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to episode 877 of the Daily Meditation Podcast. |
| 0:07.7 | I'm Mary Mechley and I invite you to a new series this week. |
| 0:13.8 | This is a series that is all about helping you manage procrastination and distraction, |
| 0:21.9 | so you will be reclaiming your focus and your zest for life this week. |
| 0:28.7 | This is a series that starts off with an interview, with an actress and producer Monica |
| 0:36.1 | West. |
| 0:37.1 | She is a fellow meditator and I really enjoy sharing with you the stories and experiences |
| 0:45.1 | of your fellow meditators, people who are listening to the meditations day in and day out |
| 0:51.2 | just like you. |
| 0:53.5 | So today's episode is a bonus episode, meaning that it is longer. |
| 0:59.6 | And then throughout the rest of the week, you're guided in the regular meditations that |
| 1:05.8 | you are used to all focused on managing procrastination and distraction. |
| 1:13.2 | This series is a replay that I'm delighted to share with you. |
| 1:19.6 | And throughout this series, you're going to be focusing on your weekly challenge. |
| 1:27.3 | And I'm going to give the challenge to you right now because when I recorded this series |
| 1:32.1 | a few years ago, I did not offer challenges. |
| 1:37.5 | This is something I've incorporated recently. |
| 1:40.4 | And so I'm going to give you your challenge now. |
| 1:44.5 | Your challenge throughout this week's series is to minimize distractions and to keep |
| 1:52.7 | a distractions journal. |
| 1:55.9 | Notice what is distracting you and what seems to trigger those distractions. |
| 2:02.7 | And then I encourage you to do one more thing. |
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