Beat Procrastination
Solution-Focused Approach to Solving Low Self Esteem
It’s Your Time To Turn Inward
Brief and effective treatment, igniting action, drive & consistency
Procrastination
Procrastination feels like a battle against your own mind and emotions.
- You’re tired and not feeling motivated.
- You promised you’d start today and get it done. But you didn’t. Again.
- Then that nagging feeling comes back, followed by dread, guilt and even anxiety.
You say “I’ll start tomorrow”, but tomorrow turns into the next… and the next. That task, that thing, that keeps getting putting off. Never gets done.
Are some of these points relatable to you?
You label yourself as lazy, a procrastinator, or self-sabotaging.
You don’t feel driven or motivated most of the time to start.
Tasks that should be straighforward feel impossible to start, leaving you feeling overwhelmed, anxious and paralysed.
You tell yourself “just a few more minutes” of scrolling/watching/relaxing… and then hours have passed.
That to do list is out of control, full of half-done things staring back at you, so you end up avoiding it all.
When inspiration and motivation does strike, it often fades as soon as you sit down to work, replaced by resistance and the endless number of distractions.
Each time you procrastinate, it reinforces the belief that you are not good enough, inadequate and not capable of reaching your goals.
You have big plans, but that voice of doubt goes “What if I fail?” making it easier to stay in your comfort zone.
You envy people that seem to effortlessly take action, wondering why it’s so much harder for you.
The “I’ll start tomorrow” turns into a loop, leaving you feeling frustrated and disappointed in yourself.
You desperately want to change, but idea of facing the fear and self-doubt keeps you stuck in your comfort zone.
Additionally, If you tend to lean towards perfectionism, over-achieving, and dichotomous (all or nothing) thinking, then you are also more prone to low self-esteem. These patterns push you to unrealistic standards. You feel you are never doing enough, or you could always be doing more. Low self-esteem is also very much linked to anxiety (particularly social/performance), stress and even in more severe situations, mild to chronic depression.
Bottom line, when low self-esteem and a lack of confidence hinders your ability to enjoy your life, it’s time to seek support. It’s time to act!
How we Tackle Procrastination?
At The Inward Process, we don’t just tackle your to-do list, schedules, routines and what you should do; we address the root causes of procrastination and what’s holding you back. For procrastination, it’s typically one of two things. You don’t feel like taking an action, so you don’t, or, you don’t know how to do something. You don’t know the process – or the series of steps involved. Because of that uncertainty and ambiguity that is occurring when you don’t know something, you feel overwhelmed, the mind shuts down, the task seems bigger than it actually is, the feelings take over, and you avoid taking the action. Ultimately, if you listen to the feelings that you are having now, where you don’t know how to park the feelings of “I don’t feel like it”, or the other global beliefs you may be saying and identifying with yourself like “I’m a procrastinator”, then you are not going to take action, and you will procrastinate.
The other contributing factor of procrastination is what is deemed useless analysis. Useful analysis leads to an action. On the other hand, with useless analysis, worrying about the situation, or thinking about it, might make you think you are actually doing something, but deep down as you know, you aren’t taking any action. This is the approach/avoidance conflict situation occurring that people can unconsciously run. There are other times where we contemplate, and stall in making a decision, because we feel that there is a lack of information, or we don’t know if we are making “the right choice”. So instead of making a choice, we loop back with the exact same inputs, the same information, and so we keep stalling in making a decision. Thus, we need to knock over the worrying and the lack of information component we feel we may lack, and make a conscious choice, with the knowledge and information that is available.
The bottom line is, like any learnt behaviour, thought or action, procrastination is as a result of a lack of process – a series of steps that is missing in your current experience. Here, you’re not labelled “lazy”, you aren’t self-sabotaging, or afraid of success like so many self-development, self-proclaimed gurus talk about. Furthermore, more judgement upon yourself and having a strong, harsh inner critic, really isn’t helpful. The intentions might be good, for you to perform and improve, but it isn’t useful, and it only contributes to the issue. Instead, our methods peel back the layers and processes of your procrastination, looking at why starting something feels so hard, and why finishing something, feels even harder. But most importantly, to take action into what to do about it.
What we offer
Understanding What Procrastination really is: We dispel myths around procrastination being merely that you have a lazy personality, or a desire for self-sabotage. Instead, we explore procrastination as a lack of process, an over-reliance on feelings, helping you see it as a pattern that can be changed.
Master Compartmentalisation Skills: Learning how to “park” those intrusive thoughts and feelings, so that you can get started, whether you feel motivated or not, so that you are actively shifting to productivity and what has to get done, instead of being stuck in your own head.
Develop an Action Oriented Mindset: Our focus is on you consciously recognising action beats everything. You’ll discover how to break the cycle of overthinking everything that feeds procrastination.
Navigate the Approach/Avoidance Conflict: Identify and overcome the push/pull dynamic that keeps you from taking action. By focusing on practical steps rather than getting lost in feelings, you’ll learn to navigate through uncertainty and take decisive steps forward.
Developing new patterns, processes, and behaviours: You will learn and develop key routines, structures, systems, and processes, along with specific tools and strategies to help overcome procrastination, in a way that will be personalised and tailored to your unique circumstances. As a result, you will begin to shift the process and develop new behaviours, easily, effortlessly, and consistently over time.
Ready To Stop Procrastinating?
Picture a day where each task doesn’t feel daunting to start, but is a steppingstone towards your goals. Where motivation isn’t a rare burst, but instead you are driven with clarity over what you need to accomplish. Even if you don’t necessarily feel motivated to begin with, and there is lots of uncertainty. Where you will get started, and complete what is meaningful and important to you! At the Inward Process, let’s shift the narrative from “someday to today”. Because at the end of the day, it’s all a process I can help you with.
Step into the life you want with The Inward Process. Where the process of procrastination no longer holds any control or power over you, nor does it dictate your day, but your drive and ambition does. So stop procrastinating! Book your free, 20 minute clarity call now, and see how The Inward Process can honour and serve you with overcoming procrastination.