How to Overcome Procrastination Naturally

Everyone procrastinates sometimes. That isn't the problem. The problem is when procrastination is chronic and affects almost everything you try to do.

For chronic procrastination, the underlying issue is usually low energy or aversion to the work itself. The remedies are at the body level: a multi-week fast (see the fasting chapters in Part 1), intense workouts, active meditation, anything that resets the metabolism and the nervous system. If you don't like what you do, see Chapter 3.1.

For the more common situation, where you have a specific task you keep avoiding, a simple but reliable trick:

When you don't feel like doing the task, don't do it. But also don't do anything else. No TV. No social media. No games. No phone. No snacking. Sit there. Look at the task. Think about the steps it would take to complete it. Just sit and observe it.

Within a few minutes (sometimes longer), the task starts to feel doable. You'd rather do it than sit there any longer. Now do it.

The technique works because procrastination thrives on distraction. Remove the distractions and the task becomes the most interesting thing in the room.