{"id":38404,"date":"2016-02-05T21:27:28","date_gmt":"2016-02-06T05:27:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pickthebrain.com\/?p=38404"},"modified":"2016-02-08T21:05:32","modified_gmt":"2016-02-09T05:05:32","slug":"overcome-procrastination-face-fears","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pickthebrain.com\/blog\/overcome-procrastination-face-fears\/","title":{"rendered":"How To Overcome Procrastination By Facing Your Fears"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Procrastination: a word we are all familiar with. I could talk about it some other time, but then I\u2019d be procrastinating. I\u2019d be avoiding the point I\u2019m trying to make, so I\u2019ll just make it loud and clear. We cannot wait to address the important issues in life. Your time on this earth is limited and can be taken from you at a moments notice. Time is the biggest enemy because it tricks us into thinking that tomorrow, or the next day or next year, we can finally start. But it\u2019s also the biggest friend if we can use it purposefully.<\/p>\n

Procrastination is a part of life. We all procrastinate at one point or another. The jeopardy of procrastination that I\u2019m trying to convey isn\u2019t so much about a science project due tomorrow or a credit card bill due next week. I\u2019m talking about the BIG apple. The cr\u00e8me dela cr\u00e8me. That one thing which we all have that\u2019s constantly nagging at our conscience, refusing to go away. It\u2019s the important question that we don\u2019t want to ask ourselves. Why do we wait and wait and wait to face our deepest fears and insecurities?<\/p>\n

Because we think that as time passes, it will go away. Or that next year, we can deal with it when we\u2019re ready. It\u2019s this idea that we will deal with things when we\u2019re ready. We trick ourselves into thinking that if we have a little more of this or a little more of that, then it may go away, or then we will be ready. But aren\u2019t we already ready? We\u2019re breathing. We\u2019re alive. Do you think Thomas Edison thought he was ready to invent the light bulb? No! He failed over 10,000 times before he got it right. There was a snowball\u2019s chance in hell that he would succeed. But he did, because he knew he would never be \u201cready\u201d and so he tried over and over again. How can anyone ever be ready for something that has never happened? You\u2019re reading this, which means you\u2019re ready. In a way, we\u2019re never actually ready for anything, which means we are as ready as can be. You can only be so ready to do something for the first time.<\/p>\n

Facing your fears and persevering through procrastination has both sweet and sour fruits. Let\u2019s first take a look at the sour stuff, because the longer you push away this gnawing gut feeling, the deeper you will have to dig to finally face the source.<\/p>\n

The Sour stuff<\/h1>\n

Avoiding the question or problem that eats away at you isn\u2019t pretty, yet you\u2019ve known its been there for a long time. Alas, by deciding to stare it straight in the face, there is nowhere to run. It can be difficult to look at, as emotions may surface when you truly feel what it is that you\u2019ve been suppressing. It\u2019s no longer the fear of it because it\u2019s the actual \u201cit\u201d now. It hurts and takes vulnerability to openly accept what was and what is. Stark realizations may be swimming through your mind and you feel the effects of the months or years that you\u2019ve been concealing your emotions. It\u2019s this realization that you need to make a change or fully feel a dark part of your past that\u2019s been gnawing away at you. But when you do this, you create space for\u2026<\/p>\n

The Sweet Stuff<\/h1>\n

The release of emotions that have been tucked away is like a 200-pound weight being lifted off your shoulders. It\u2019s a liberation of the mind. You can finally take a full breath without any lingering feelings. You\u2019re not bullshitting yourself anymore. You\u2019ve felt the pain for all that it is. This process has now infused you with the clarity to move forward. By pushing past procrastination, you\u2019ve strengthened your willpower.
\nProcrastination is simply avoiding something we don\u2019t want to do or face\u2014in other words, something that makes us uncomfortable. NYT best selling author Tim Ferris states, \u201cA person\u2019s success in life can usually be measured by the number of uncomfortable conversations he or she is willing to have.\u201d I would also agree that uncomfortable experiences help us grow and gain personal \u201csuccess.\u201d Therefore, procrastination can be viewed as a way to avoid facing the uncomfortable circumstances that will ultimately help us. At the end of the day, we\u2019re going to procrastinate on some things\u2014that is inevitable. However, on the important matters in life, it\u2019s important to persevere past procrastination. By dealing with significant issues as they arise, we can clear our conscious, prevent issues from turning into problems and attain peace of mind.<\/p>\n

Is there something you\u2019ve been avoiding that needs to be addressed? Don\u2019t wait any longer! Embrace the discomfort, feel the fear, and do it anyway! Time is of the essence, and you deserve the benefits of facing your fears and moving past procrastination.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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