How to Stop Procrastination
Daily Meditation Podcast
Mary Meckley
4.1 • 1.5K Ratings
🗓️ 17 January 2021
⏱️ 11 minutes
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Summary
"I'm finding that it has been so hard lately to be motivated and get things done ever since the pandemic started."
~ Fellow Meditator, Gi from New Jersey
Are you finding it hard to get things done these days? If so, you're not alone. Living during a pandemic is an extenuating situation that is incredibly taxing. It takes a lot of mental stamina. You may find your freshly created new year's goals slipping away. In this week's series, you'll discover ways to manage procrastination and to re-commit to your goals to live your best year yet. This is part 1 of a 7-part Procrastination meditation series, episodes 2201-2206. THIS WEEK'S CHALLENGE: You're invited to take part in a Commitment Quest. You're encouraged to ask yourself a question every day as you sit down to meditate. Each day's question will be released on each episode this week, so be sure to listen in for each question! The questions are designed to help you feel motivated to commit to whatever you've been procrastinating. THIS WEEK'S MEDITATION TECHNIQUES: Day 1: Procrastination Awareness Visualization Day 2: Affirmation "Now is my time." Day 3: Inhale + visualize success, Exhale fear Day 4: Hakini Mudra technique Day 5: Fourth Chakra Focus Day 6: Layer the week's techniques together Day 7: Weekly Reflection Meditation SHARE YOUR MEDITATION JOURNEY WITH YOUR FELLOW MEDITATORS Let's connect and inspire each other! Please share a little about how meditation has helped you by reaching out to me at Mary@SipandOm.com or better yet -- direct message me on https://www.instagram.com/sip.and.om. We'd love to hear about your meditation ritual!SUBSCRIBE, LEAVE A REVIEW + TAKE OUR SURVEY
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| 0:00.0 | This is episode 2,201 of your daily guided meditation. |
| 0:06.0 | I'm Mary Meckley and welcome to a brand new series we're launching into this week. |
| 0:12.0 | I think you're going to like this series |
| 0:15.6 | because although we just launched into a brand new year and you have likely set all kinds |
| 0:22.0 | of goals and you have likely set all kinds of goals and you may have selected a word of the year |
| 0:28.0 | and you're probably thinking about the things you'd like to accomplish this year. Well, I have heard from several of you that |
| 0:39.2 | you are already finding yourself procrastinating. |
| 0:44.0 | And I shouldn't really say you're already finding yourself procrastinating, |
| 0:49.0 | despite your most well-laid plans. |
| 0:52.0 | So this will be a week for you to make sure that you are |
| 1:00.8 | getting things done that matter most to you. The full half hour guided meditations |
| 1:08.0 | are as always on the SIP and O'm meditation app. |
| 1:13.0 | And you can try the app for seven days free. |
| 1:16.0 | This gives you access to an entire week's series. |
| 1:20.0 | You will receive a journal to help you stay on target with your goals as well as a |
| 1:28.5 | slowdown guide. With all the meditation techniques you'll be exploring throughout the week. |
| 1:35.6 | Again, it is the SIP and OOM meditation app that is waiting for you if you want to go a little more deeply into a particular theme. |
| 1:46.2 | Let me introduce you to your fellow meditator who was out there meditating right along with |
| 1:52.4 | you who wrote to me sending me a message on my |
| 1:57.6 | sippenome Instagram account which you can do the same thing I would love to hear from you and she had this to say in regard |
| 2:06.3 | to procrastination. This is coming from G from New Jersey. She says, |
| 2:14.1 | Hi Mary, so you always say on your podcast |
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