Procrastination
It isn’t bad time management – it’s managing discomfort by avoiding it.
Self-Sabotage & Behaviour Patterns
Putting things off, waiting until it’s perfect, taking on too much, always running late, ruining things just as they start going well. These sheets explain what these patterns protect you from and what keeps them going, with small steps to break them. Freelance work, no fixed schedule and no one checking in can make them much stronger on the road.
Paralysing Perfectionism
When the bar is set at “perfect”, not starting can feel safer than starting and failing.
Sabotaging Your Own Success
Sometimes sabotage isn’t about failing – it’s about going back to ground that feels more familiar than success.
Overloading Yourself
Taking on more than you can manage can quietly work as insurance against really testing your abilities.
Chronic Lateness
Chronic lateness isn’t not caring about time – it’s often underestimating it, or quiet resistance.
Avoiding Difficult Tasks or Conversations
Avoiding a difficult conversation doesn’t make it easier later – it just gives it more time to grow.
All-or-Nothing Thinking
All-or-nothing thinking turns “not perfect” into “not worth continuing”.
Setting Yourself Up to Fail
Creating an obstacle in advance protects you from one very specific fear: that failing would really be about your ability.
Impulsive Decisions Under Stress
A decision made to escape the discomfort of the moment sometimes swaps a small problem for a bigger one.
Not Keeping Promises to Yourself
Every broken promise to yourself quietly teaches you that your own word doesn’t really count.
Recognise yourself here?
You don’t have to work it out alone.