My theory on procrastination & how to overcome it for good
I was Sunday-lazing on the couch just now and I started thinking about why we put off doing the things we need to do - especially the key things we KNOW we need to do in order to move forward on our dreams.
What I landed on was a simple truth that made me literally *leap up* to write this to you.
We're told over and over again that the primary reason we procrastinate is because we're afraid we don't know how to do it...or that we're going to fail.
Yet, when we feel energized about something - nothing can stop us.
I am 100% convinced that the REAL reason we procrastinate - is because we're EXHAUSTED with being told what to do.
We're tired of the obligatory "content calendars" and posting schedules.
We're done with keeping up with the extreme versions of success splashed all over our feeds, the soul-less 6-figure screenshots and the narrow pathways that seem to be the only way.
We're worn all the way out on the strategies we've been pummeled with that always feel a few ticks off-center from the TRUTH of what we really desire for our lives.
Most of all...
We're sick of the IDEA that we have to live one second longer being someone other than who we really are.
As someone who talks to people about their deep, dark truths on the daily, I can tell you for a FACT that most of the exhaustion we feel is a result of believing something is wrong with us and the way we're doing our lives.
Yet, we're so trained to believe this lie...we don't even realize it.
We silently shame ourselves for not "showing up" enough or missing a podcast episode or posting sporadically while life is life-ing.
We have a notebook full of rules we're still trying follow that are the very thing making us feel this way!
It's time to burn it all away...
Here's what I want you to know:
1. Laziness is not a thing = It's a term that we were shame-basted with by a generation that has only known the capitalistic, dog-eat-dog model they inherited.
2. Doing the essential things with devotion & a heart committed to your highest vision = YOU CANNOT LOSE.
3. Truth has a SOUND...and humanity has got the volume dialed way up = NOW is your time to share it.
4. Building a LIFE-FIRST business is the only way forward = your energy is a form of currency, your life force depends on it.
And I want this for all of us.
I want us to wake up and draw a line in the sand for what we really desire.
I want our personal visions to lead our business plans and what's left to be a healthy support system for our lives - financially and otherwise.
When we point our ships in the direction of our dreams, something radical happens...
Time bends.
Real relationships lead the way.
Relevant resources make themselves available.
This is a philosophically different way of approaching life and business and the results speak for themselves.
This is what we're doing here...
Pineapple Spindrift Cheers to you, my friend!
Wishing you a beautiful first full week of summer!
xo
Amber