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Mikey Ames's avatar

Is this the root of most of procrastination?

Not poor time management...

Not because of laziness...

But THIS?

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Steve's avatar

You usually doesn't see task avoidance emerge because of a task itself.

It is usually a negative emotion associated with the task that a person (consciously or subconsciously) will actively avoid.

If you hate hate hate filing your taxes, it is no surprise that you would procrastinate them each year. But think about why that is? Is it the task you hate? or is your ego protecting you from an emotion you've associated with doing the taxes?

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David C Morris's avatar

I think it is part of the issue. I think the biggest (and often overlooked) factor in procrastination is people don't have a good workflow or process in place to complete the task.

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Jennifer's avatar

That ego is always going to work to protect you from experiencing what you’ve perceived as stress or trauma.

You’ve got to actively work to keep those base emotions from being the loudest voice defining your reality. Sometimes you need to thank your ego for showing up but tell it - “I’ve got this.”

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