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🗓️ 10 July 2025
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Every mom or dad has had moments where you felt like sitting on the couch, and not doing something. John and Danny open up about times they felt tempted to procrastinate. Plus Kristi Clover talks with Jim Daly about how procrastination is usually a symptom of stress.
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0:28.7 | Have you had a day when you woke up and just thought, I can't do it? |
0:36.4 | I just really don't want to do anything. |
0:38.7 | Maybe it's like me. And this morning, I thought, I just don't really want to work out. |
0:43.4 | I'm just going to skip it today. And then I walked into the kitchen and thought, no, I can do this. |
0:48.6 | And I pushed on through. I'm glad I did because I couldn't benefit from the exercise if I didn't put in the time and effort. |
0:55.9 | So what do you do when you're tempted to procrastinate when you're, I can do it another time? |
1:00.7 | Well, we're here to encourage it today. I'm John Fuller with Dr. Danny Werta, who heads up our |
1:05.1 | parenting team and Danny, you're a pretty disciplined guy. I mean, I perceive that you've got |
1:10.4 | systems. You mentioned the other day that Heather, I perceive that you've got systems. |
1:10.9 | You mentioned the other day that Heather is the planner, |
1:13.7 | but you've got systems and your discipline. |
1:16.4 | So how do you hit that moment of, I'll put it off? |
1:21.8 | I've tricked you pretty well, John. |
1:23.4 | Yeah. |
1:24.4 | You seem to me, that's what you're saying. |
1:26.4 | That's right. |
1:27.4 | You know, the most common one is this whole exercise thing. |
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