So the average person spends about 3 hours a day procrastinating (according to Zippia.com). That’s 45 days of nothing but pure procrastination every year.
Inspiration or Desperation?
It’s kind of inspiring, really – the average person is very dedicated to procrastinating. They have skills!
This statistic may be making you feel a little better about yourself – if you felt like you were the only one who has such a big issue with procrastination, now you know you’re not alone.
Or it may be making you feel worse about yourself – if you’ve never thought about how those hours of being on IG, TikTok, NetFlix, or whatever actually add up in your life.
I’m not here to make you bad about procrastinating. Ironically, feeling bad about procrastinating is liable to make you… yup. Procrastinate more. Because when you feel bad about something, especially yourself, you want to make that bad feeling stop. And diving into reels or bingeing a tv show makes it stop (for a while).
When we procrastinate, it’s not so mucgh the activity that we’re supposed to be doing that we are trying to avoid. It’s the feeling we get when we try to do the activity.
So if I know I feel inept and angry and frustrated when I have to deal with a technological issue, I’ll avoid dealing with tech issues for as long as I can, thus contributing a time crisis to the already-existing tech crisis.
If you know you feel fat and overwhelmed and impoverished when you go to a mall to buy clothing, you’ll avoid shopping as long as possible, thus wearing the same five outfits over and over.
Without a doubt, procrastination makes our lives a little worse. But we tend to keep doing it. Being sick of it, trying different apps, self-flagellating talks – none of those things you’ve probably already tried moves the needle on procrastination.
But looking UNDERNEATH that habit of procrastination does. If you can identify and understand the root causes of your procrastination, you can actually change.
I happen to be really good at breaking down complicated emotional issues and finding their root causes… and at supporting people as they transform their own lives.
I did a masterclass on just this topic. Why don’t you schedule a Get Unstuck session (free) to find out how I can help you work through procrastination? I am here for you!