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Am I the only one who’s been struggling with procrastination pretty much since I came out of the womb?
I was talking to my mom recently and trying to help her understand that my procrastination is not because I’m lazy (well, maybe sometimes it is). But I heard on a podcast once that procrastination is really a symptom, and it’s a symptom of avoidance and not avoiding the actual activities that you need to do, rather the EMOTIONS that they evoke, when you think about doing them. We procrastinate on tasks that seem too difficult to overcome, tasks that seem they will take a long time, or just generally tasks that make us feel uncomfortable in some way.
And what I’ve come to learn about procrastination is it is such a liar. Procrastination will tell you that washing that load of dishes is going to take you an hour when in reality, it may take less than 10 minutes. Procrastination will tell you that folding those clothes is going to take you all day. But it may take less than five minutes. Any parent can tell you that there’s always a mountain of things on the to do list may vary from family to family, but it’s pretty consistent that raising kids just adds to your plate right? And for us solo parents, it’s even more. I’d love to tell you that I’ve figured out this whole procrastination thing and how I can avoid it. But just asked me how long these calls were drying on this rack.
Ask me.
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