The Real Reason Why We Procrastinate

It easy to fall into the trap of believing that we’re missing something.

A new method to organize our time, a secret productivity “hack”, a new morning routine.

There must be something missing, right?

Maybe. However, when we focus on those things, most of the time, we are merely looking to solve the symptoms, instead of looking at the root cause of our issue.

The real reason that leads us to delay our work, to browse Instagram instead of getting started, to give up on our plans when something goes wrong.

Heck, you might be reading this article when you know you should be working.

If that is the case I suggest you close this tab, get to that, and then come back.

If you’re not persuaded by my efforts, well then, let’s dive into how to identify the root causes so that we can address them.

(Disclaimer: This Won’t Be Comfortable)

To properly recognize the bigger issue we have to dive into past failures, identify the patterns and study them in detail.

Due to the painful nature of this, it can be quite hard to not procrastinate on this task.