I'be been struggling with procrastination for 25 years. It's quite miserable not least because it's clearly self perpetuated. I'm deep in a quest to slay the be

I'be been struggling with procrastination for 25 years. It's quite miserable not least because it's clearly self perpetuated. I'm deep in a quest to slay the beast at the moment and just a few hours ago read this, which definitely tickled something deep in me, as procrastination and guilt seem to be close bedfellows. "By contrast, in guilt we’re not truly interested in healing. Most of our energy is committed to the internalized child-parent (or adolescent-parent) conflict that allows us to indulge in doing “it”—whatever we “shouldn’t” be doing—and to justify continuing to do “it,” we have to keep the threat of parental punishment (from ourselves or from others) hanging over our heads, so that we can, in a sense, “wipe the slate clean” after our misdeed. To work with your guilt, bring as much attention as possible to the shame that has become locked into guilt’s framework. Stay with that shame, exploring it and your history with it, approaching the shamed you with as much compassion as you can. Don’t let your inner critic trespass here. As you do this work, you will feel the childish side of guilt fleshing out more. Embrace that side and protect it, just as you would a shamed, frightened child." Robert Augustus Masters.