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Actively reduce stress levels to help overcome procrastination

Actively reduce stress levels to help overcome procrastination. Sometimes, the best thing you can do to overcome procrastination is to actively seek to reduce stress levels through activities such as taking a walk outside, playing with your pet, or exercising. Why? Because many of us are dealing with chronic stress, which drives our procrastination tendencies. (Comment here or message me, and I’ll send you my stress test pdf!) While that might sound like an excuse for the healthy, driven type of person who has never had to deal with a chronic health issue - people who chronically procrastinate are not lazy or afraid or have some “spiritual” blockages. Procrastination is driven by stress and putting short-term mood repair over the long-term outcome, and it is not a conscious process. Nobody sits down and thinks, “Let me procrastinate on my business because I want to fail.” Society adores the healthy, successful and hard-working - often, mental health is not seen as real. This saddens me, not only because it marginalises people dealing with mental health issues, but it also increases stigma. I recently gave a presentation for International Men’s Day at the Applied Neuroscience Association on men self-medicating with alcohol to deal with mental health problems. This prevents help-seeking and is caused by stigma and not knowing they are dealing with mental health problems that are just as real and physical as a broken bone. Alcoholism then brings along a host of other health and social issues. Considering that 20-50% of men being treated for alcoholism had symptoms of depression and anxiety - we are not looking at fluke correlations. Sorry, I went off on a tangent. All I mean to say is that mental health issues are real, and dismissing them is not a very productive way to help people who are in need. My part in this is teaching you that chronic low-level stress and chronic stress are real and impact your mood, resilience, productivity, and mental health. So, I challenge you today to do three small things that help you actively reduce stress before we start working on this pesky procrastination habit… Much love, Gwen