So many people want help with stopping procrastination and for excellent reasons!
It is a time, energy and life suck. It creates stress and can lose you time, money, health and even jobs.
Here's how you can start to understand your patterns of procrastination so you can move away from this self-sabotage.
Firstly, notice exactly what you are avoiding.
For example: I don't want to write this report.
I'm procrastinating by watching YouTube, going out for a coffee, cleaning my inbox, doing household organising and eating a packet of Tim Tams.
Now you need to know that this is normal behaviour.
All brains want to avoid boredom (discomfort) or something hard (again, discomfort) and go towards pleasure (food, fun, ticking easy things off the list).
Find out what you are thinking about the writing the report.
Why you don't you want to do it?
* Do you think it will take too long or be too hard?
* Do you think you don't know how to do it?
* Perhaps you think you have plenty of time and can do it later?
* Do you worry about the criticism or feedback it might attract?
In the end, all you are avoiding is a bit of discomfort.
You can manage discomfort with some soothing words to yourself and some patience.
Bringing your mind back to the task, letting yourself know that you can do it, that it will feel wonderful to have it done.
Procrastination becomes quite obviously an issue of fearful or unhelpful thoughts creating uncomfortable feelings.
We can create more useful, supportive thoughts to create more calming and confident feelings.
Then we get our work done!
Big love,
Lara xx
Lara Corr, PhD Pronouns She/Her
Set Me Free Coaching
Get ready to love your work!
lara@setmefree.coach
