How I Use My Fears To Stop Procrastinating On My Goals
6. Fear of relapse as a recovering perfectionist
When you procrastinate by reading how to stop procrastination
I am the queen of procrastination. As a recovering perfectionist, I am notorious for coming up with the most creative reasons to justify delaying the inevitable:
“If it’s not going to be my best work, why bother doing it?”
“I need the perfect time and space to do this and it’s not right now. It’s not urgent urgent, you know?”
Then I’ll go do something that seems “more important”, like “researching” a topic. And because I follow quite a few motivational/self-help gurus like Mel Robbins, Mark Manson, Gary Vee, Tony Robbins, and Tom and Lisa Bilyeu, my procrastination often becomes researching how to stop procrastinating.
It’s like I’m sitting on the couch with my head down looking at my phone, reading articles and social media posts about how to achieve my goals when I should be spending my time working on those said goals.
Taking a break from procrastination
Then when I’ve “researched” enough, I’ll tell myself I need a break and I’ll dive knee-deep into memes and mind…
