053: Goodbye Procrastination

Starving Artist No More

One of my coaching clients reached out to me this week regarding a task that she and I had discussed at length during a session a couple months ago, and she confessed to me that she hadn’t done it yet. What’s more, she wasn’t really sure why she hadn’t done it. There wasn’t anything stopping her or getting in her way. She told me, “I’m just not doing it, and I know I have to.”

Have you been there? Have you felt paralyzed in the face of something you know you need to do in your creative business, but you just can’t get it done for some reason? Have you found yourself procrastinating on tasks that need to get done, and not really knowing why you’re procrastinating, or how to stop that procrastinating? I know I have. I know this coaching client is definitely not alone, and neither are you! Today, let’s figure out together how to say goodbye to procrastination.

In this episode, you will learn:

• What common causes of procrastination might be tripping you up.
• How to determine why this task is so hard for you to do.
• Why the stories that you are telling yourself matter, and how to edit those stories to cultivate a supportive mindset that will help you do your creative work.
• How other people can support you and provide accountability to you in your creative work.
• What positive steps you can take to get the task done and say goodbye to procrastination!

In this episode, I mention two of my coaching programs, the Thriving Artists Academy and the Thriving Narrators Retreat. You can learn more about both opportunities on my website, www.StarvingArtistNoMore.com. The Thriving Narrators Retreat is August 22-25, 2024 in Cincinnati, OH.

In this episode, I refer to two past episodes of this podcast:

• 015: But What If You Could?
• 016: The Six Components of a Thriving Creative Business

I also mention this TED talk by Lori Gottlieb.

A full transcript of this episode can be found here. Full transcripts of every episode will always be available at the Starving Artist No More Blog.

Thank you for listening. Please feel free to reach out to me at www.StarvingArtistNoMore.com, with any questions, comments, or feedback. I'd love to hear from you.