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Agreed, procrastination is a feelings problem and it requires feelings solutions. Often when I finally start doing the thing I was putting off, the realization
by PebblesRox 4y ago
Agreed, procrastination is a feelings problem and it requires feelings solutions.
Often when I finally start doing the thing I was putting off, the realization will hit me: "this is really hard," or "this feels really bad." I hadn't consciously expected those feelings but they were there under the surface, contributing to the urge to procrastinate.
I remember this article really changing my mindset when I first read it. “Procrastination is an emotion regulation problem, not a time management problem....”
https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.nytimes.com/2019/03/25/smarter-living/why-you-procrastinate-it-has-nothing-to-do-with-self-control.amp.html https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.nytimes.com/2019/03/25/smar...