A Sound Idea or Procrastination?

Here is what my mind has been doing to me lately...what you're about to read are the inner thoughts of yours truly...

"You know, before you tackle really trying to get an agent, you really should lose those last 10lbs and drop those last 2 dress sizes.  That way you are a way more marketable product.  Plus, that will give me more time to really work on my acting in front of the camera. And besides, I have so much more work to do in my voice class. So, yeah, okay, I will give it 2 more months...no 3...and then I will be in much better shape.  Okay, but to get in better shape, you really have to focus on that...stop snacking so often...I really gotta hit that cardio harder! Should I just start having salads for dinner? Go to bed earlier for goodness sake! Okay, so get into better shape...work on my acting stuff...then get headshots in my new better, badder self and then ...the agents will be more likely to wanna see me.  If they don't think I'm too old by then.  Am I just going to make this harder on me by waiting even longer? I'm already older than a lot of the other women out there auditioning. But, hey, isn't it better to take my time and do this properly? Better to take the time to prepare myself for what I want to come then to stick my neck out too soon and fall flat on my face...yeah, 2 or 3 more months of real, driven, focus! And then...go time!"

So, I ask you...sound, rational idea? Or just another form of procrastination?  Now, you might think I'm being sarcastic...like the answer is obvious.  And though, I believe, I know where most of you will fall on this, I am honestly asking. This is where I am at right now and it does seem to make some sense to me.  What do you think?

My Practice Challenge Update

As some of you may recall, I issued myself a challenge in March and about 2 weeks later I updated you on that challenge which at that point was going along nicely. Well, during the course of the challenge which ended the day before my last voice class a few weeks ago, I found I stuck to practicing during the week but then it seemed to fall apart on the weekends...mostly because I would almost completely forget about it until it was time for sleep...whether I liked it or not.  In all honesty, though I intended to improve on this, I was okay with it because it was all still so new!

Well, regretfully, now that I am no longer in my voice class, my voice practices have kinda fallen to the wayside. And, by kinda, I mean they have.  I definitely still do them on the one day a week I have my acting class, cause, well, it would be kinda silly to not do it on that day at least.  However, I am not impressed that the reason I've stopped practising as often is that just as in weekends past, I have completely forgotten about it until too late...if at all!  I have forgiven myself for this, determined to just start up again as of today. My fear, however, is that I will just forget again and eventaully stop completely. 

I am trying to come up with a way to help me remember.  Something to inspire me to do it every day. So far, I've come up with the idea of creating a pretty sign that says...Practice!...huh? clever, right? What do you guys do to help keep you inspired to do that daily task you have to do, in a way that doesn't make you feel bad but instead inspires you to remember the benefits of the reason you are doing the task in the first place?

I would love to hear your thoughts?