\u2018That Ted Talk has inspired me to go out for the day before I get on with the job. New vistas will help me pay attention to detail.’<\/p>\n\n\n\n
‘Great trip, time for semi-supine.’<\/p>\n\n\n\n
It struck me that lying in semi-supine aka Alexander Technique constructive rest is the perfect way to procrastinate. Noticing this I realised that procrastinating was maybe not the big-bad-wolf-coming-to-eat-me behaviour that my task master was telling me. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
So I decided to look up the etymology of the word procrastinate. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u2018Pro\u2019 – forward <\/p>\n\n\n\n
and ‘Crastinus’ – belonging to tomorrow. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Putting it together we have \u2018forward belonging to tomorrow.\u2019 <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Procrastinating was suddenly beginning to feel very much like Alexander Technique to my now creative and curious procrastinator.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Alexander Technique teaches us to pay attention to \u2018the means whereby\u2019 – how we do what we do. By lying in semi supine instead of tackling the accounts with a sense of dread, I realised that I wasn\u2019t so much procrastinating but more preparing my whole self to be more alert to tackle the job. To do it from a more whole-hearted place without resistance. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
So, note to self for this new decade – there is wisdom in procrastinating! <\/p>\n\n\n\n
In a society that applauds busy, allowing ourselves time to let go really does the world of good, taking us forward into tomorrow with much more ease belonging. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
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