So what is it? Is it resistance to anything new? A new concept, a change in routine? Getting out of your comfort zone?  Is it overwhelm?

Been trying to figure out just what it is really that prevents people from taking action. What's the Achilles heel that impedes progress and paralyzes us?

We have all succumbed to procrastination at one time or another, and sometimes we deal with it on a consistent basis. It doesn't feel good when it happens. It feels perfectly awful, especially when you add guilt to the mix.

Is it always a debilitating BAD habit? What good purpose can it serve? Does procrastination have a productive side, a creative side? Is it protective? Seems like a contradiction in terms, but not really when you think about it.

Why would anyone delay their own good? Masochism maybe? Are you hexing yourself?

Yes, all those things are reasonable explanations, and they are all true. It's just not the whole story. That's too easy.

If it can be accepted that not all procrastination is to avoid pain, maybe we can entertain a creative, unconscious reason for some forms of procrastination. What is it telling us about ourselves?

Why would you not start something immediately if you have time and the conditions are right? Who wouldn't accept being an overnight success when given the option?

Could it be that you don't have all you need? What could you possibly need that you don't have?

Are you emotionally committed?... Not like a robot, steps one, two, and three.  I mean are you really sold on what you are doing, approaching your project with real passion and joy? It's not supposed to be work, even though it requires your input. It's you, from you and of you. If it isn't that, then it's boring and why would you want to do it?

I'm not wanting to throw water on the fire of yours or my own zeal. Just pointing out that the spark of an idea becomes a bright, glowing, crackling, blazing bonfire only through emotional commitment and passion. So I'm suggesting an attitude adjustment or to change the essential idea to one that inspires you more.

Also, procrastination might happen because you haven't finished thinking your plan through. Outlines happen in your brain first. You see it in your mind's eye, how the pieces fit together. Then you take physical action and the plan always changes because it has to,  ideas are dynamic. Static is dead. Don't fear the change. It's natural.

Whenever one is learning something completely new, frustration is part of it. I watched my sister this morning with Pinterest. She had some problems pinning and was  very frustrated. I identify with her regarding the frustration of hitting blocks.

I think one of the big reasons people don't start is because they fear the inevitable frustration of getting stuck on something and not knowing what to do.

The good news is we all have the option of asking Kyle and Carson and  fellow members here at WA if we get stymied and hit roadblocks along the way.

What the heck, get it going. Let the good times roll.