Yes, and beyond that, I think that the term itself is a little problematic and gets thrown around a little too easily. Itâs a bit like the term âresistanceâ in therapy or coaching.
Youâre a coach working with a client. You have an idea of what the client âshouldâ do to improve their life. You assume your idea is the best. And so if they donât jump on board, they are being âresistantâ.
But what if they just have a different idea?
Similarly, with procrastination, out of all of the possible goals or actions that a person could possibly do, the person has chosen one as being âthe right actionâ or âthe right goalâ. And if they have any other motivations than that goal, they now say that they are âprocrastinatingâ.
I guess I think that before weâre qualified to throw around the word âprocrastinationâ, we first need to make sure weâve put in the work to understand a personâs nature, their preferences, and their intrinsic motivations.
You canât just throw a saddle on the back of a tiger and then start complaining that itâs a terrible horse. Your decision to put a saddle on it, did not magically change it into a horse. And the tiger is not âprocrastinatingâ when it refuses to carry you around to your destinations (and instead attempts to attack you).
Learn your nature and work to harness it and use it strategically before you just start trying to force yourself willy-nilly into whatever plan you happened to come up with.
Iâm not saying that your nature prohibits you from working towards a particular goal. Iâm just saying that understanding and utilizing your nature helps you to work towards your goal much more efficiently.