Reader,

Question:
​How to stop procrastinating?

Answer:
​When I notice myself procrastinate, I don't push harder. I create safety.

Procrastination is often a stress response.

When a task feels threatening—
because of pressure, fear of failure, or the expectation of perfection—
my nervous system can interpret it as danger.

So procrastination becomes a protective strategy because it doesn’t feel safe.

When I avoid a task, this is what I do:

1. Regulate my state.​
   I can’t create from a survival state.
   Breathe. Move. Pause.
   ​
2. Break the task into many tiny tasks.​
   Progress starts at 1%.
   ​
3. Make the outcome safe.​
   Live inside these questions:
   What if it doesn’t have to be perfect?
   What if finishing is more important than impressing?
   I talk to the part of me that’s scared, and let it know:
   "You’ll be okay no matter what happens."
   ​
4. Complete the 1% task.​
   Celebrate myself.

Love,
Sarita

P.S. If you have a question, you can ask it here.
P.P.S. I’m feeling a bit overwhelmed by the thought of sharing about Being the Creator®—it’s the first time I’m opening the doors twice in one year. So I’m practicing what I teach: regulating, breaking things down, and doing just 1%. This little P.P.S.? That’s my 1%. Love you.