There are many days that I struggle with procrastination, as I am sure that you do also. This morning in my daily devotional, I came across a passage that had to do with procrastination and I knew that God was showing me this was an area where I needed some work. I contemplated what it took to overcome procrastination and came up with a short list:

1. Take responsibility for your life. No matter how hard you wish, the tooth fairy isn't going to come while you are sleeping and replace failure with success. Great souls have wills, feeble souls have wishes. You need to do something.

2. Examine your excuses. An excuse puts the blame on something other than you, which means the solution is beyond your reach. Excuses are like exit signs on the road of progress. So eliminate your excuses.

3. Focus on the benefits of completing a task. To get you over the hump, focus on what you will get out of it when you are done. Will it bring you benefit? Clear the way for something else you'd like to do? Be a milestone in your personal development or the completion of something bigger? Will it help to clear the decks for you emotionally?

4. Ask for help. Columbus didn't discover the New World on his own. He needed a crew. There's no way to value the assistance others can give you when it comes to breaking old habits and beginning new ones. Yes, it means taking a risk because you will be vulnerable to sharing your hopes and fears. But the risk is worth the taking.

Ecclesiastes 11:4 reads "He who observes the wind, and waits for all conditions to be favorable, will not sow, and he who regards the clouds will not reap.”