Help or Hinderance
Human Ego or Universal Guidance?

I was asked for guidance and my opinion around the following subject...
"How do you motivate yourself to do your work/studies/create when you set aside the time, but you do everything other than what you set out to do?"
It interested me that I was asked for guidance which is why I felt strongly to share my response, because it is a topic that at times I have really struggled to manage.
In my experience, and I am by no means an expert on any level, something to get to grips with...almost like a journey where you set out on a voyage of discovery...
My findings have led me to believe and understand that Debra 'Procrastination' Parrott, as she had referred to herself, does best to surrender to the flow, let all control go when it comes to this. Of course I make action plans and have structured goals and guidelines for myself and my work, but I do not lose sleep over them anymore nor give myself such a hard time for not getting something done. This certainly was not always the case!
Some days I would have an action list as long as my arm, and I would spend the best part of the day doing everything but cracking on with that action list. Other days I would get everything done and more...go figure. I used to get upset, frustrated or irritated with myself for "wasting" time doing "menial" things when I should/could have got so much more important things done!
Now I view things differently....
I believe, and you may not agree, that procrastination is ego talking, the achilles heel that kicks in to hold us back from achieving our goals, delaying us or distracting us from reaching success. Some days its easy for it to get the better of us and other times you can recognise this and tell it to go do one to bring back focus and action and push through...
"Procrastination makes easy things hard, hard things harder." - Mason Cooley.
But this is where I found it got interesting...
I found the hardest part was deciphering if I was procrastinating or if it was in fact the Universe playing its part of taking me away from the work/studies/action list because I was tired/overwhelmed/needed a breather/not in the right headspace so I would not of been getting it done to my highest ability at that time, so was taken away from it.
I've come to believe that sometimes doing what we think is nothing or wasting time is actually giving us everything that we need ..e.g. I used to get the hump and agitated getting household jobs done trying to rush through so I could get on with my work or get creating new content, the more I tried to get the day to day chores and jobs out of the way, the more clumsy I got, the longer it took or the more jobs I ended up creating... in the end I never got my work or creations done anyway.
I realise now I wasn't being grateful or aware of the blessing of grounding, which came in the form of hoovering, or the practical function of cleaning, or being present in the physical sense (as most of my work/purpose is in the spiritual sense so the grounding is very very essential). All the things my physical body was needing to bring in balance, so these 'distractions' 'chores' 'menial things' where actually helping me in the long run to complete my work/studies/creations.
By no means have I completely cracked this but I seriously don't give myself such a hard time now when I don't complete my work/creations or action list when I set out too. I still procrastinate at times when I am starting something new, if I am taking a risk or I feel nervous about creating content which is a huge undertaking, and that's ok. I realise what is happening and I just go with the flow. We were put on this Earth for the experiences...got to feel the rush of blood through the veins at times to feel alive.
I realise that actually I get the work done anyhow, even if not in the way I had planned, predicted or set out too, so its pointless giving myself such a hard time like initially I would.
I believe our Higher Selves (the true authentic part of us that doesn't ever come from ego, judgement or restriction) is continuing intuitively guiding us so we end up doing exactly what is best or is meant for us but most of the time our human part fights it.
In conclusion, I reckon its all in the deciphering...
Is it procrastination and ego shouting loudly, taking you off your 'A game' and do you need to push through to achieve what you set out to do at this particular time...
Or...
is it the Universe guiding you away to do something else until you are actually in a better/healthier/calmer/more balanced place so that when you do get to it, the work, creation or ideas are the best they can be for your highest good...
This beautiful ones, is for you to work out. I salute you and love you.








