So many of us criticize ourselves for procrastinating.

Think of that last thing you procrastinated on. OK, now…

Think about the last thing you did where there was no procrastination at all. You dove in.

You got it done. You felt energized. You might have even lost track of time.

Why is that?

Desire.

Turns out, desire is more complicated than it sounds.

That thing you did where you felt energized and got it done without hesitancy or procrastination… Whether it was baking a cake or starting a business, had the quality of ease (different from easy. You probably worked hard to get it done, but it had the energy of flow and ease.) That was a thing that you were in alignment with.

When we are in alignment our desires, thoughts, feelings and actions are all in-sync. Boom. It’s done.

When we have “a thing” that doesn’t flow like that, you’re putting it off, or can’t seem to make yourself do the things you know need to be done, that’s when you know something is out of alignment.

It’s one of two things:

You don’t really have the desire. You might think you should or a family member, friend or boss may thinks you should, but you don’t really want to. So… action falls apart. You can’t stay motivated, you procrastinate, “forget” about it, all sorts of things get in the way.
You really do have the desire, but you’ve got thoughts and feelings that sabotage your action, like the old, “not good enough” though, or “I don’t have the time/money.” “It’s too late.” “Who do I think I am?”

What do you do about these two… I coach people on this all the time. These two dynamics around desire wreak lots of havoc in our lives.

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