3 WAYS TO STOP PROCRASTINATION.

I went to design school w/ my 2 bffs & we would always procrastinate doing our work.
We created a phrase that we used for the last stretch of time before our work was due in class.

It was called “THE DANGER ZONE” (cue Kenny Loggins). We were in it often & it was no joke.

When the danger zone was declared, everything else that wasn’t the work was put on hold. Food, sleep, personal hygiene… etc. Mass quantities of adrenaline were then dumped into our systems & intense laser beam like focus set in.

It was no longer about inspiration & creation, those feel good, this was about something much more pure – getting it DONE.

These habits followed me into my career as a designer & I believed it was just how I was, how I worked.

I believed that I NEEDED those insane bursts of adrenaline in order to complete things. That I’d never be one of those people who set out to get things done ahead of time.
I thought I was “taking back my freedom”. That I was allowing myself to “play” first & work later, but this was an illusion.

There was no play & even though I wasn’t “working” I sure as hell wasn’t free. I felt like I was under a big weight that got heavier & heavier as the deadline approached.

After almost 16 years of this (sans the breaks I needed to take to recoup from burn out) my adrenals gave out & I left the industry.

When I decided to start this online biz I was still looking for the feeling of freedom & imagined things differently. I thought for sure I’d feel free, since I’m my own boss – how could I not?? But slowly & surely I fell into the same, painful, working habits. I’d flip back and forth between rebellion & regret as I tried & failed to create & express in a way that felt good.

Through lots of internal work (the struggle was real!) I eventually realized that it was resistance that I was feeling & it was actually my friend.

The painful thick tar-like resistance was simply a dividing line between where I was & where I wanted to be. Kind of like an imaginary electric fence.

And in the video below I share my 3 favorite ways to move through the resistance fence so you’ll be able to execute your ideas in a way that finally feels enJOYable, fun & based on inspiration not adrenaline.