30 days to get it done

Hello,

honestly I am a little freaked out. I used to really struggle so badly with procrastination and it was awful. I would sit there all day not do anything get more and more stressed and then cry basically. This is happening today for the first time in a while. I don’t know if it’s because I am experimenting with working from home, or if I have really bad brain fog because of my period or what. But I have a really important work deadline which I have already extended due today and I feel so humiliated. And I tried everything, eliminating distractions, tell a friend, setting a timer, allowing myself to procrastinate and come back. Honestly It’s just the worst day of focus I have had in so long. And inside my head my thoughts have been racing I have been thinking and thinking and thinking about everything I want to do and achieve. It’s been awful. I’m worried that by doing the 30 days to get it done I have stirred up some old problems I had under control. I have this feeling that by addressing some of these problems head on I am now making them worse. It’s a really demoralising feeling.

I’m not sure what to do. I will come to a call but also in the mean time this i already negatively affecting my reputation and work relationships. I feel quite stressed and upset.

 

 

Answer:

Hi!  How have you been feeling since you wrote in? What’s happened with your goals since? How did it feel to just let this all out?

You’re right, sometimes bringing up old problems will feel kind of terrible. The only problem is you think it shouldn’t.  It sounds like your brain wants your life to be a nice, linear graph that goes steadily upwards. When you encounter some procrastination and uncomfortable feelings it starts ringing the alarm bells. Your brain starts making it mean all sorts of things. What if having the worst day of focus you’ve had in a while is just part of being human? What if this IS the way you overcome some old issues? This could be an amazing opportunity. Give yourself lots of love, this sounds really tough. AND trust yourself. You can create the life you want, one step at a time. What do you think?