In this episode we discuss procrastination. What is it actually and why are so many highly educated mamas struggling with it?
It has nothing to do with laziness, often we have negative feelings about the task at hand. Procrastination is more about managing your emotions. Emotions regarding stress, low-self esteem, self-doubt or anxiety.
Firstly, one of the best cures against procrastination is taking action. When you take 1 step in the right direction, you’re already going to feel more accomplished.
Stop with constant distraction, just turn your notifications of on your phone. Any distraction we have, is an opening to start procrastinating again so why not protect yourself from it in the first place.
Then, break down a big project into mini task. When you’re ably to tick of a task, you know you’re making progress. If you only have tht one big project in your calendar it will be long before you can celebrate a small win of completing a task. So have a physical notebook or whiteboard where you can actually tick things of and celebrate yourself!
Done is better than perfect and strive for progress is not perfection. A big reason why we keep procrastinating is because we only want a perfect result and we know perfection is nearly impossible to achieve. It’s better to strive for progress, so you won’t hold yourself back.
Lastly, don’t be afraid to make mistakes, stop thinking about what could go wrong and get excited about what could go right. Your next success might be around the corner, but you won’t know until you’re taking action and stop procrastinating.
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