If you’re a high-achieving entrepreneur who still procrastinates on your biggest goals, you’ve landed in the right place. For many, the energetic secret to overcoming procrastination isn’t about laziness or a lack of motivation, but something much deeper. What if your procrastination is actually your subconscious trying to protect you from a perceived threat? You’ve created some really great things, but all the same, you know that feeling of hitting an invisible wall when you know exactly what you need to do.
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Is It Laziness or Energetic Motivation?
The issue probably isn’t laziness. More than likely, it’s an issue with your energetic motivation. And I don’t mean that you need more motivation to just “go do it.” I’m not talking about that kind of motivation at all. Instead, I want you to ask yourself this important question.
Why do I feel that I should be doing the thing I’m procrastinating on?
If you dig deep, you’ll probably find that somewhere inside your subconscious, your energy dynamic towards that task or goal is rooted in pressure or fear. It often stems from needing to do that task to try to fix a problem or to meet some kind of external expectation. This might sound familiar. Thoughts like, “I have to do this because my business isn’t growing fast enough,” or “I’m not successful enough,” or “I’m not working hard enough” are common.
To your nervous system, that energy feels like a threat. Consequently, if you go and do that thing, you’re admitting subconsciously that you’re not enough. So, your system avoids movement to protect you. Procrastination becomes your subconscious’ brilliant strategy to avoid the negative implication that’s running on an old reaction process.
The Energetic Secret to Overcoming Procrastination A Practical Shift
So, how do you shift gears from this reactive state into the creation process before you act? How can you schedule the task so that the action comes easily and feels aligned? Let’s walk through this simple exercise together.
- Stop focusing on the task you’re procrastinating on for just a moment.
- Close your eyes. Instead of thinking about what you have to do, connect with the feeling of the reality that you’re actually choosing to create.
- Now, go ahead and open your eyes again.
What is that feeling for you? Maybe it’s freedom, flow, or more time. Truly feel it. Feel the freedom. Feel the flow of energy through your body as you take a deep breath in. Breathe in the idea of having loads of extra time. What feelings come up for you now?
A Simple Reframe for Aligned Action
Here’s a simple reframe you can use to pull this all together and put it into a conscious choice. You can use this as a powerful mantra.
I choose to do this task because I deserve to experience the aligned result.
You can replace the words “task” and “aligned result” with whatever you’re applying this to in your life. Repeat that mantra in your mind as you take a few deep, conscious breaths. Allow your state of energy to shift from scarcity to expansion. From this newly aligned state, the next action step feels inspired and easy, not forced.
Now you can go do that thing from the energy of deserving the result rather than needing to achieve it. If you enjoy learning new ways to move from a reactive state to embodying your power as a conscious creator, you may find our Break Free From Self Sabotage training to be a powerful next step in shifting these deep-seated patterns. Check the schedule for the next available class and continue your journey of expansion.
