the last minute habit for people.
What exactly does that mean? I would love to see how that relates to this post. I do believe in the wise words of @quinneaker:
"There are no problems, only opportunities for solutions."
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lol, I found the talk in youtube:
https://www.ted.com/talks/tim_urban_inside_the_mind_of_a_master_procrastinator
Well, you may think it is just a funny video, but for people like me who suffer, i do thinkit is a serious topic.
Oh yes, Now I understand your comments, and how these subjects could be related. That was a clever talk, but as you say, there appears to be no solution.
I feel part of the trick about making choices and getting things done is to choose things that excite us. To wrap our lives around creating experiences that we are overjoyed to engage, to set ourselves up for doing things that we would do without deadlines and without coercion--things that we wouldn't want to stop ourselves from doing because we are so excited to do them.
When we base our lives on shoulds, have-tos and musts we then find we have to MAKE ourselves do things because they aren't' really things we WANT to do. If our desired outcome is important, than even the things in our journey that may not be the most fun or desirable to experience become much easier because we are passionate about the overall project and engage from a place of inspiration and self-motivation, rather than an outside force or pressure to perform. People are so accustomed to feeling they HAVE to do things, and don't realize it is all a choice. I believe living for passion and inspiration will handle most of these procrastination issues. It's hard to be motivated to do things you don't want to do. In fact, it puts a huge damper on life when living through obligation.
And on this Steemfest subject, feeling obligated to do the things we believe we HAVE to do instead of taking the opportunity to experience something amazing that we really would WANT to do, is from my perspective a form of fear or worthiness--not allowing ourselves to receive the gift of something incredibly inspiring. Humans have become complacent, falling prey to - "that's just the way it is". We can choose whatever we want, though sometimes that is the hardest for people to see and overcome. Living by values and doing what is in our own true best interests is in my experience really quite rare. It can be hard to choose the things we really want (or even know what that is) while being bogged down with the things we have gotten ourselves into. A fresh perspective is always of great value.
I appreciate your comment @victorier. I can see why suffering and procrastinating are serious topics. They are common and we would do well to make changes that reflect our higher good.