Procrastination

To understand the roots of procrastination helps us weaken it. We know where it comes from, ah, I can be aware of and see these dynamics happening in front of me. But another kind of awareness is to gain awareness of what we're feeling. What do approach motives feel like versus avoidance? We know when we're cleaning the fridge in our dorm room the night before the final exam that that's procrastination. But there are other times it's not so clear. Is checking your email procrastination? Is studying or doing the task on the low, important item on your list? Is that procrastination? A lot of times it is. So the more we know, the greater awareness we have of our tendencies and our motivations, we're more likely to overcome them. So we want to cultivate a stance, an observer's stance, to say, what does this feel like? What am I experiencing? What am I thinking? So that we can then actively choose what we want to feel and think and what we're motivated by.