Productive Procrastination

I’m going to assume that you’re healthy. Healthy in the sense that on occasion or perhaps even more frequently, you procrastinate. Stepping back for a moment, if you’re a super performing high achiever who never procrastinates, this article isn’t for you. However, you may wish to read it to get a sense of what ordinary people live through and recommend it to that friend or spouse who is so not like you.

…use your procrastination as a new Super Power.

Since I’m not a psychologist, nor do I intend to do a deep dive into all of the reasons we procrastinate as that would make this article way too long, and frankly, quite dull, you’re going to have to figure out the WHY on your own. Plus, there are entirely way too many reasons as to why someone procrastinates, with all of them typically being fear-based. But my goal isn’t to get you to stop procrastinating; it is to help you use your procrastination as a new Super Power. As a master procrastinator myself who has tried all sorts of ways to stop procrastinating, I know it’s going against my nature, so I gave up and now embrace who I am. Embracing my life as it is and accepting myself for who I am, I’m going to guide you to turn your Procrastination into a productive attribute or Super Power as I like to think of it, in so far as it can be.

Now, suppose you’re all over the place in terms of disorganized and are always losing your keys, misplacing your glasses, missing appointments, or having a friend call your phone as you know it has to be someplace. In that case…