How To Stop Procrastination, Write More And Enjoy Guilt Free Play
Most writers are procrastinators.
They do everything to postpone sitting down and doing the actual deed.
It takes focus, energy, and creativity. If you are someone like me, it takes a lot of staring on the wall and willpower too.
You find yourself grasping at straws for the slightest edit, the conclusion, or the final draft.
“I will do that tomorrow, there is a lot of time left for the deadline.”
“It is just 3 days from the deadline, I don’t know how I am going to do it.”
And, yet we start very close to the deadline and regret doing that and again repeat the same process.
Why Don’t We Start?
No. It’s not because you are lazy.
You find yourself checking your Instagram feed, reading a novel, binge-watching series. If not anything just lying there thinking about starting the work. The reason we procrastinate is deeper.
We sometimes fear failure. Sometimes it is because of the overwhelming length of the project.
One important psychological reason is that we feel like the work is too much. And, we assume if we start working, we would not get any time to play.
