Thinking on how I used to see procrastination as laziness but now I see it as wisdom. A red flag that this not the right path for me or that I'm burning out my health. It's a chance for reflection and genuine questioning, instead of self-punishment and blindly pushing through.

If I need to push boundaries of my health, recognizing this allows me to understand the tendency to pause and make a health plan around it. If I need to do something I don't want to, I either connect it to a long term goal or make an exit plan so I know this won't keep happening.

But if I'm healthy and this is something I genuinely want to do, I will do it, I won't procrastinate. I find when I start to not believe that statement, I become disconnected with warning signals from my body, and disconnected from what actually makes me happy in life.

An example of making a health plan around tasks that push my health is limiting myself to 1-2 stressful work tasks a day. It allows for positivity & predictable planning, admitting that that's where my health is at and working with it instead of "procrastinating" on a long list.

Or there are some days where the whole day just has to be stressful or I have to push myself too much, and in that case I try to basically plan for real recovery, not brush it under the rug, treat it like a big deal. Instead of wondering why I'm "procrastinating" after that day.

Health limitations have been easier to accept than thinking about how maybe this isn't the path for me. I used to be very stuck in what I "should" like-- if I didn't want to do it, I was "lazy" or a "procrastinator." It was a hard pill to swallow that no, it's just not for me.

I first try to lay out options. Sometimes all I need is an alternate path-- maybe I just feel trapped. Connecting it to a long term goal or thinking about the task in a new light can help too. If all is failing and no paths look good, the plan becomes to find a way to explore.

We all value different things in life and have different health limitations, but it always pains me when I see people calling themselves procrastinators. Maybe this helps you consider another way of looking at it or to be kinder to yourself, and hopefully happier.

One example of thinking of tasks in a new light is cleaning. I've been cleaning my place for many years, but recently have started to see it in a way that brings me joy. It was worth it to work on that psychology instead of writing it off right away. Not always straightforward.