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You Are Not Procrastinating, You Are Overthinking
Before you beat yourself up for procrastinating, take a moment to explore the stories you tell yourself. Maybe, you are overthinking it. Here are 5 ways to beat procrastination.
Why We Procrastinate
In truth, many of us procrastinate because we are overwhelmed with deadlines and decisions to make in all areas of our life and distractions have become omnipresent on our phones and computers — a problem no one had only twenty-five years ago.
If you don’t procrastinate in all areas of your life, then you are avoiding doing something that you are probably overthinking. In fact, you write tasks on your To-Do list with the firm intention of doing them all, but then one or more task(s) get put off and the stories come in.
You might recognize some of them:
- Tomorrow will be a better day to do this.
- I am not ready yet.
- I don’t know enough yet.
- I’ve got more important things to do first.
- I haven’t got enough time. I am too busy.
- I just don’t have the energy for this right now.
- I’m not in the mood.
- I work better under pressure. The euphoric rush of the last minute makes me more…
