🐾 why we procrastinate even though we know exactly what to do

Hey guys, so I've been journaling today and talking to some people about procrastination, and got yet another proof of how disregulated nervous system is connected to resistance of growth and the resistance of being seen as our true selves, and I thought that I'd share it with you.🤲🏻

Most ambitious creators procrastinate not because of laziness, but because their expansion feels really unsafe.

And have experienced it myself. For years, I thought my problem was discipline - I was ambitious, would make a video per day. I wanted to outgrow my own self and I definitely didn’t want the 9–5 path. I studied on uni for five years, saw the obedience pattern everywhere, and I knew It wasn't for me. and I remember I would get always super excited about the vision of my life: how I could live and what kind of freedom I could experience

but that's way easier said than done. every time things started working, I would pull back, I would post less, become less like myself. Opportunities came? I hesitated to take them.

💆🏻‍♀️ It felt like there was a ceiling above me.

And even tho my ambition was pretty strong, my inherited beliefs were stronger. Beliefs like: "don’t be too much. Don’t make others uncomfortable. Don’t outshine. Stay safe. Stay average and so on"

So my nervous system did what it was programmed to do. It protected me from expansion, because growth threatened my old identity....That tension created anxiety, that anxiety became procrastination and that procrastination became self-sabotage. and I remember I would always beat myself up for "not executing" or for just avoiding what should be done.

But later I learned that we are not responsible for the beliefs we were taught, but we are responsible for the ones we keep.

Your nervous system will always act in alignment with what you believe is safe. You can force yourself to push for a while, but if your internal programming says “being visible is dangerous,” you will sabotage success every time.

If you want to test this for yourself, think of the next bold move in your business. Now ask yourself honestly: what part of me believes this is unsafe? Not logically unsafe. Emotionally unsafe.

Write down the first belief that comes up. That belief is the ceiling.

I'm curious, where do you hesitate most right now? Content? Sales? Raising your prices? Visibility? Launching? Speaking as your authentic self?

would love to hear from you❤️

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