🌀 You’re Not Lazy and you are Not Stupid    

Procrastination can be a HUGE problem for business owners, entrepreneurs and solopreneurs.

How many times have you thought:
“I should’ve done that by now.”
“Why can’t I just get on with it?”
“What is wrong with me?”

The thing is -
Procrastination isn’t laziness. Nor is it stupidity.
It’s usually fear. Or overwhelm. Or an old belief whispering, don’t even try — it won’t be good enough anyway.

It’s your nervous system throwing the brakes on.
Not because you don’t care. Not because what ever you need to do is not important!

But because somewhere inside, something feels too risky to face.

💭 What’s really going on when we procrastinate?

🧨 Fear — of failing, succeeding, or being seen

That internal tug-of-war:

• What if I mess it up?

• What if I do it well and people expect more?

• What if I’m judged — or ignored?

So you put it off. Just for this morning, just for today.
Then another day. Then the guilt creeps in… and the cycle continues.

All the while what you need to be doing sits there like the elephant in the room - looking at you, making you feel stressed, guilty and like a failure.

😵‍💫 Overwhelm

Sometimes the task is just too much.
Too many steps. Too much pressure. Too emotionally loaded.
Your system short-circuits, and suddenly you’re cleaning out the junk drawer (you know the one, it is full of lighters, screws and cables) instead of replying to that email.

🎯 Perfectionism

This one’s sneaky.
You wait until you have absolutely everything ready, for the perfect time, the right energy, the clearest plan… but it never quite comes.
So you don’t start — or you start and it is not quite good enough, then you stall. And then feel bad about it.

🔁 Old stories on a loop

If you’ve grown up with beliefs like:

• I have to get it right first time

• Failure is BAD!

• If I can’t do it perfectly, I shouldn’t bother
  …then of course you hesitate.

Your brain is doing its job: keeping you “safe.” But it’s using outdated rules.

🧠 What if it’s not you?

What if your procrastination isn’t a flaw to fix…
But a signal. A message. A protective pattern that used to serve you but now it just needs an update?

🌱 A few gentler ways to meet your stuckness:

1. Start small — like, really small.

Set a 5-minute timer. That’s all you have to do.
Sometimes the tiniest action breaks the freeze.

2. Talk to yourself like you would a friend.

Instead of “Why am I like this?” try:

• “Of course this feels hard. What’s coming up for me here?”

• “What might make this feel 10% easier?”

Shame never got anyone unstuck. But curiosity might.

3. Use your body.

A deep belly breath. A tap (check out the Mind Tamers Tapping Tuesday videos on social media or the Limiting Beliefs Community). A dance.
Anything that brings you back to now — not the tangled mess in your mind.

💬 Final thought

If you’re procrastinating, you’re not broken.
You’re probably just trying to protect yourself.
It doesn’t mean you don’t care. It means there’s something deeper going on.

And you can work with it. Gently. One step at a time.

PS:

If this resonates, you might enjoy my free Limiting Belief Quiz — it helps you uncover the deeper story that might be fuelling your procrastination in the first place.
👉 Take the quiz here and get to know the belief behind the stuckness.