Many talented people are plagued by procrastination, writes advice columnist Eleanor Gordon-Smith, but the only thing that feels worse than doing something is not doing it
As a freelancer, I published hundreds of articles over the years with few writing problems. As long as someone else gave the assignment, I was pretty much up for any topic. Now my dream scenario has turned into a nightmare: I applied for and received funding to write my own book with my own idea, but I’m plagued by what feels like low-grade terror – at least when I’m not procrastinating by doing the laundry, making yet another tea or finishing some other task.
I read a report on “procrastination as self-harm” and have tried to sit with the feeling – which can reduce me to tears and trembling. I don’t know what I’m afraid of and how an activity I enjoyed and did well became so painfully immobilising – simply because I’m doing it for myself. How do I change this inner attitude and to heal the fear?
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