Overcoming procrastination using EFT

Procrastination is probably the most common and nasty habit.
I'm guilty of it as well. This article was planned to be posted last year...Anyway, here it goes.

If you are a procrastinator, you'll notice that you only procrastinate certain tasks, you may be late for your tax return that was due four months ago, but you watched the movie that was just released last week. You procrastinate because of anxiety, fear, or perfectionism. The shortcut to cure it is first to identify the reason.

EFT (Emotional Freedom Techniques) is based on new discoveries regarding the subtle connection among your body's energies, your emotions, and your health. By simply tapping on certain points of your body, you will release the emotion that is associated with your illness or negative behavior, therefor curing your body or change your behavior. Make sense? I didn't think so, untill I tried for myself.

It was September, I was still sitting on my ever daunting task: filing my tax return. I know I was getting some money back so I was not in a rush but the procrastination was draining my energy. I decided to give EFT a try. After 3 rounds of tapping, I opened my drawer, took out the first deck of receives and started the paperwork. I finished the whole thing in 2 days.

Want to try it for yourself?
First, watch this video. It contains couple of rounds of tapping. You don't have to finish it, just follow the points till you're familiar with the tapping points and the order. Now you're ready to start.

Step 1, figure out the emotion related to the task you've been procrastination. Is it anxiety, boring, tiring, or being forced?
Step 2, Focus on the emotions and give it a rating from 1 to 10.
Step 3, Do a round of tapping following the video, or on your own if you remember the sequence. It will be more effective if you replace 'This feeling" with the feelings you identified in step 1. You may focus on one particular feeling in the same round, or go through different feelings at each tapping point.
Step 4, Rate your emotions again. If your rating has not been reduced to zero or any acceptable level that you can start your task, go back to step 3.

It may take a couple of rounds for you to fully release the emotions, but just follow the instructions and you'll get there eventually.
I'd love to hear how it worked for you.