Procrastination Recontextualization

[Davino]

I recently had a breakthrough in my understanding of procrastination. What is procrastination, and why does procrastination exist in the first place?

(Transcript of my audio notes)

So I've discovered that procrastination is a feedback mechanism. So before I used to cognize procrastination as a bad thing, You know, like the feeling that it gave me and the pain, all the suffering that it went with it. But now I've realized that it's the other way around, procrastination, the bad feeling that it gives: it's a blessing.

Why? Because it is guiding me towards what I should be doing, towards my duty, towards my purpose. The fact that procrastination feels bad is a wonderful thing. Because if procrastination felt good, you would do nothing with your life. And you would stagnate, life would stagnate.

But as life is a continuous cycle of evolution, consciousness and intelligence, it's ever seeking greater perfection. Procrastination is seen in this bigger context as a tool for the human psyche to discern what it should be doing. Because just by observing the fact that you're procrastinating  (that you should be doing something and you're not doing it) feels bad. See? That sensation is like a betrayal to yourself.

And in fact, the more that task accumulates in your duties and in your mind, the more you will feel bad about it. So it is in this context that procrastination is extremely, extremely useful. Because just by listening to that bad feeling and observing what happens when you break through and push through the initial resistance of doing that task, you actually feel wonderful. You actually feel realized. You actually feel meaningful.

You feel powerful. You know? You feel powerful while the other way around, you feel bad and you feel weak. Isn't it so?

[The Renaissance Man]

Nice! I've heard this about other "negative" emotions as well. One of the best way of integrating them is recognizing how they exist to serve your survival in the first place, like fear and anxiety, protecting your from perceived danger.

[Davino]

@The Renaissance Man Yes! It's quite a relief when you finally get it