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​For the month of July 2025, we're reading ​Tiny Experiments: How to Live Freely in a Goal-Obsessed World​ by Anne-Laure Le Cunff.​

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Warmly,
Maneet (pronounced muh-neet)

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What are you procrastinating right now?

Come on, you can admit it.

Something silly that I’ve been putting off for months (my wife can attest to this) is the pile of “important” mail that’s been accumulating on my desk. Small things that need my attention, but aren’t important enough to bother doing right now. I keep telling myself I’ll get to it, but the weeks keep rolling by, and the pile just keeps getting bigger.

It’s easy to point the finger at being lazy or not disciplined enough.

Whenever I find myself procrastinating, I almost always get hard on myself and frustrated at my lack of discipline. Clearly, it’s a character flaw that’s my fault. But this way of thinking isn’t going to get me anywhere.

In this week’s reading of Tiny Experiments, I learned that procrastination itself is not a bad thing.

There are usually root causes for why it’s happening.

The first is to ask yourself: “Is this task appropriate?”

When procrastination shows up in this way, it’s because we don’t believe the thing we’re doing makes sense. For me, I’ve been experiencing this with producing new YouTube videos. I haven’t uploaded anything in weeks because all the ideas I had planned no longer feel aligned with my overall strategy to grow.

Next, ask yourself: “Is this task exciting?”

The feeling of excitement is such an underrated productivity hack. Earlier this year, I found myself struggling to go out for my regular runs. Turns out, I was just bored of following the same old routine. I decided to change things up and made a new goal for myself: show up every single day for a run, no matter how short or slow. This reignited my passion for running, and I’ve been approaching it in a whole new way.

Lastly, ask yourself: “Is this task doable?”

If we don’t believe in our skills, we’ll often procrastinate. I resonate with this deeply when it comes to cooking. I know my skills in the kitchen need a lot of work, so I often find myself putting off the bigger project of “eating healthier.” Even though I know it would change my life, my lack of culinary confidence keeps me from starting.

Procrastination isn’t about being lazy or undisciplined.

It’s about understanding the root causes underneath.

Only then can we truly overcome it.

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