The worse thing about a task that you need or even want to do is actually starting it. You can find all sorts of reasons not to start anything. I was doing that today.
I needed to do some paperwork – it was actually interesting paperwork and something I wanted to do. First I decided I had to take the dog for a walk, then obviously, as I hadn't started the task I found lots of different things to do, including having a rest before I started because apparently my head wasn’t clear, I don’t know who told me that, it must have been my gremlin that does talk to me from time time – well more than from time to time – quite often really.
I actually talked back to this gremlin who I can describe but won't as he is my own private gremlin, but just to suffice his name is ………………. (that’s my secret also). Well I said to this gremlin, who was actually telling me I had a headache so couldn’t even start the job and that I couldn't take any headache pills as I was detoxing!!!!! Then this gremlin said "perhaps it was because I hadn’t had any sweets or sugar so go and make a cup of tea first".
On and on this inner dialogue went until I realised what was happening. So I made the cup of tea, took it into the office, put some nice relaxing music on and started to work. Once I started, I was enjoying it so much I didn’t stop and here I am writing this blog!
I would love to hear how you beat your inner dialogue - contact me on denise@denisevogel-lifecoach.co.uk
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