P.S. Sorry, about my crappy grammar.

So if you are a guy who likes this idea but doesn’t want to be girly, just put something on the ring you can feel proud of.

For me, it’s getting out of bed: “I’m getting out of bed RIGHT NOW,” is better than saying, “I’m going to get out of bed pretty soon,” because it’s present tense and implies an action. Subconciously I’m tricking my mind into action by doing it this way.

But jewelry could work also…

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Probably wouldn’t work under a suit though, but would be great at home!

I want some of those post-it notes!

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A mission! I hate shopping, but I love research missions.

ISO an ankle bracelet that looks funky but not clueless under a suit. You’re right, that would easily catch my attention fifteen times a day.

Until later,

Kelly

P.S. To all you post-it believers: I actually have some post-its that have printed on them, “Reminder: Don’t forget to be awesome.” I post those randomly in work spaces and personal spaces for a similar magical effect.

(Company that gave them to me: forgotten. Awesomeness: remembered.)

So don’t go thinking you have to break the bank with this one. $70 was actually way more than I intended to spend. I was planning on buying some nice $20 silver ring from a street vendor, but then damned if this woman in a pretty little shop didn’t have just the thing and I kept coming back to look at it and I figured if it could keep my attention that well before I even owned it, it would be a good ring for my purposes.

That is the ring story. Thank you for tuning in. The moral? You need not spend tons of cash on your ring/equivalent talisman. It just needs to be something that INTERESTS you, that catches your attention, so that you’ll think about it.

Stella: Procrastination is everyone’s biggest vice. Thankfully it never made it into the 7 Deadly Sins. You can push sloth, but we are often quite industrious in our avoidance of work.

Catherine: Thatta girl. I think a lot of people make that mistake, actually. They have lots of inspirational quotes and sayings lying about, but they never actually do anything with them. No good having inspirational sayings if they never actually inspire you to accomplish something real.

Michelle: Necklace yes. Earrings no. You’ll totally forget you’re wearing them, and that’ll negate the purpose. The ankle bracelet was a genius idea of mine. That could also work. As for what you can use it for – pretty much anything. Casey used it for push-ups, remember? Use it for the novel. Use it for any kind of writing you like. Use it to lose weight or meditate more or drink more water. Just use it. And give it a real task. Don’t just think about writing every time you see it. Make yourself sit down and write for fifteen minutes every time you see it or think about it. Solid tasks are the key.

I don’t know that I could wear a ring (because I type so much, I hate wearing jewelry on my hands and wrists; even my “can’t live without it” watch gets taken off and put to the side of my computer when I’m working), but maybe one of my necklaces or a pair of earrings could serve the same purpose.

But if you’re using it to combat procrastination, do you use it for work stuff, or personal stuff (in my case, a novel)? Is it possible to use it for both? Or do you do it for one first, and then the other?