In my last post, I talked about how I found myself procrastinating about getting started on my videos for my blog and YouTube.  I talked about how I realized how important it is to give ourselves permission to not be perfect when we’re just beginning something new.  When we expect ourselves to be brilliant from the start, we put way too much pressure on ourselves and that creates a lot of resistance.  Instead of facing the anxiety of not being perfect, we decide to do other busywork that isn’t as likely to lead to feelings of failure and inadequacy.  Like I said, that’s way too much pressure and it takes all the fun out of it.  You know what I mean?

Some Issues to Tap On to Get Past Procrastination and Perfectionism

So, in this blog post I thought I would give you a few tips on how to use EFT to help you get over these perfectionistic roadblocks that lead to us to procrastinate.  If you don’t know how to do EFT, check out my next post where I have a video that shows you just how to do it.  (See, it works… I got my first videos done!  🙂 )

To get you started, here are some suggestions for phrases you can target with EFT:

Feeling like I have to be perfect from the beginning. 

Frustration and anxiety when things don’t go the way I want them to.

This feeling like I’m not good enough because I’m not perfect at this right now.

This anxiety and sadness about not being perfect. 

You get the idea.  Of course, you can adapt these to fit your particular feelings and situation or just use them as a starting place to help you get clear about what’s going on within you.

A Nice Affirmation to Use

Whatever the specific target issue is, you can use a positive affirmation at the end at the side of the hand point, something like this:

I give myself permission to not be perfect right now.  I choose to play and have fun and know that even when things don’t turn out the way I want them to, I’m practicing and learning and getting better all the time.  All my experiences will eventually lead me to learn how to create the beautiful things I envision.  I don’t have to be perfect to have fun.  I give myself permission to enjoy the process.  And I know these experiences will help me to eventually get to where I want to be. 

That feels better, doesn’t it?  With enough tapping, you will actually get to where this affirmation feels absolutely true to you.  And you know what will happen after that?  If you’re like me, you will find yourself feeling inspired and excited about taking the next step.  And that’s a wonderful place to be.

About My Program

My self-help program, Your Inspiring Life, includes recorded EFT processes to help you overcome procrastination and the negative beliefs that trigger it.  In fact, the program has 22 mp3 EFT processes and a number of guided visualizations and meditations as well that help you move through a whole variety of negative beliefs and habits so you can really move forward and make your dreams happen.  Each EFT process includes affirmations similar to the one above so you don’t have to think of them on your own.  Listening to EFT recordings makes the whole process really easy.  You might want to check it out and see if it feels like it might help you on your journey.

So, Try EFT… it really will help

Give the process I outlined above a try.  Do a few rounds on it and then see how you feel.  If you do, I think it will really help open you up to letting yourself explore your dreams without having to be perfect right out of the gate.  Give yourself permisson to let that go and go have some fun!

See you in my next post.  If you haven’t already, you can sign up for my email newsletter or the RSS feed for my blog so you’ll get notified about my new posts and videos.  And leave me a comment or question below, too.  I’d love to hear from you.

Blessings,

Laura

Live Your Dream.  Your Inspiring Life