You're getting charged for this habit...and you probably don't even realize it

We all drag our feet sometimes.

Maybe you keep pushing off cleaning all the leaves out of the gutter.

Or just can't get around to re-securing a loose button on a shirt. 

Or can't summon the energy to catch up with family or friends.

Avoidance feels pretty trivial. After all, you'll just "get around to it eventually," right?

But...have you ever thought about what it's costing you?

The other day I came face-to-face with a real-life quantification of the cost of avoidance and let me tell you -- it really made me stop and take stock in what I'm avoiding in my own life.

(⬇️ Btw, watch instead of reading, or read on below.)

So I was talking with someone the other day, and they mentioned they had been needing to make a phone call about a bill for more than a week now.

And when I asked a follow up question (because that's what I do), they indicated that instead of making the phone call, they had gone ahead and paid the bill.

A bill to the tune of about $250.

So I was like, "Let me get this straight. You didn't want to make a phone call SO MUCH, that you paid $250 you could have kept in your pocket?"

And they were like, "Yeah, pretty much."

So on that bombshell, I had to turn things inward and ask myself: 

How much is it costing me to avoid the things that I don't want to do in life?

The truth of the matter is, we can (and should) ALL ask ourselves that question.

And the answer will probably shock us.

Because I am likely avoiding things in my own life (or business, or calendar) that are all ultimately costing me.

...And costing me in a way that I may or may not even be able to quantify at this point:

• Lost opportunities
• Decreased confidence
• Increased anxiety and pressure
• A taxed brain
• A limited life
• Snowballing problems
• And of course...lost money

Because avoidance often doesn't have a one-time, limited cost. It branches out, and infects other areas. (That leaf-filled gutter overflows, and affects your foundation. That loose button fall off your shirt, and now you need another. Those friends and family...well, we never know when their time is gonna be up, do we?)

So anyway, just bringing that to you today because it really stuck with me, and caused me to question what (and how much) my behaviors are costing me right now.

Would love to hear some of the things you've been avoiding, and if you're aware of the costs.