Procrastination Evaluation

As a card carrying procrastinator, one of my favourite things to do is to research why I procrastinate, instead of doing all the things I know I should be doing. It has a dual advantage: not only do I get to delay doing the thing that I'm feeling discomfort and apprehension around, I also get to kid myself that I'm actually doing something productive, and therefore am justified in putting off tackling said annoying or uncomfortable task. Don't you love how humans can absolutely kid themselves into believing almost anything?! However, in the case of this episode of the podcast, it seems that I've managed to create something productive (a podcast episode) out of an activity (researching procrastination), that I was doing to avoid doing something uncomfortable that I was putting off (recording a podcast episode). See what I did there? Frikkin genius!!! But all self-congratulation aside, I have been working with a really cool productivity hack - the Pomodoro Technique - that is definitely helping me to tackle tasks. So in today's episode I share how it might work for you. https://todoist.com/productivity-methods/pomodoro-technique I also talk about a topic that is rapidly growing in interest for me - and that is the disregulation of the nervous system. So I also share a snippet of what I'm discovering in that space and how it relates to procrastination. Finally - I mention a brain function called 'Focus and Diffuse' - which relates to how we learn and retain information - really cool stuff. https://barbaraoakley.com/books/learn-like-a-pro/ Dr Barbara Oakley is a guru in this space. Check out her book 'Learn Like a Pro'. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit nathygaffney.substack.com