Procrastination and avoidance aren’t the same thing.
But most advice treats them as if they are.
And that confusion is one of the main reasons trying harder keeps making things worse.
In this episode, I unpack the real difference between procrastination and avoidance — and why treating procrastination like avoidance quietly trains resistance instead of resolving it.
You’ll hear why you don’t procrastinate on meaningless work, why important tasks feel heavier to start, and what’s actually happening in your nervous system when starting feels unsafe.
More importantly, this episode reframes procrastination — not as laziness, lack of discipline, or self-sabotage — but as a protection response to pressure, emotional weight, and perceived threat.
This conversation is part of a wider framework I call the Momentum Reset Method — a practical way of reducing internal pressure and rebuilding momentum by working with your nervous system instead of fighting it.
In this episode, we cover:
If procrastination has been making you feel frustrated or broken, let this land:
You’re not lazy.
You’re overloaded.
And overloaded systems don’t respond to force.
They respond to safety.
This episode sits alongside:
Each explores a different layer of the same underlying pattern.
Sometimes progress doesn’t begin with action.
It begins with understanding.
