M:A

Procrastination is a universal struggle, and I know for sure that if you have ever suffered from anxiety, you have even searched online, read articles and watched videos about it, and so on.
And I know for sure that after some time (it depends on how much effort you spend on doing this) you start to feel the sensation that you're looping around the same information.
I want to share something that I have encountered less frequently than other information, in the hope of creating an echo effect for it.

This simple equation M:A is all that I have for you this time.

Motivation (M) - to be read as expectation, desire, in a word: attachment. The driving force behind our actions. It’s the catalyst that ignites our desire to achieve
goals and fulfil tasks. High motivation often stems from a deep passion or a strong sense of purpose.
But what is the Motivation?
Motivation is the expectation of future results that it retroacts as motivation. Unfortunately, these high expectations can be paralysing.

Arousal (A) - activation: expectations lead to anxiety, as a physiological response, the central nervous system gets activated, and we experience arousal that’s intended to prepare us for action. However, this anxiety can quickly escalate, transforming from a motivating force to a paralysing fear. This shift occurs when anxiety becomes overwhelming, blocking our ability to act and reducing us to a state of impotence, and the more we have attachment and more we will experience the activation and the physical response.

In this framework, procrastination becomes a temporary escape, a limbo of peace where we shield ourselves from the anticipated suffering of failure. This self-imposed delay is a defence mechanism. By avoiding action, we also avoid the anxiety associated with it.

So our future ability to navigate this natural response depends on our ability to hedge these two sides. The ability not to be attached, letting go, relaxing, and focusing on the moment and not on the future (all of this in future are wonderful ideas for future blog posts), are some of the things that we can practice.


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