{"podcast":{"title":"Good Life Project","slug":"good-life-project-963599","podcast_index_feed_id":963599,"rss_url":"https://feeds.acast.com/public/shows/61de0665cc27c20014ea15cf","website_url":"https://www.goodlifeproject.com/podcast/","image_url":"https://assets.pippa.io/shows/61de0665cc27c20014ea15cf/1718134805924-52d4419e899171e74e55b85422605cfc.jpeg","author":"Jonathan Fields / Acast","episode_count":1156,"summary":"Good Life Project is a podcast and video series for people navigating midlife with intention. Hosted by Jonathan Fields, each episode is a deep, honest conversation about what it actually takes to build a life that feels like yours, through the reinventions, reckonings, and reclamations that define your 40s, 50s, and beyond. Grounded in science, fueled by genuine curiosity, and always in service of the real work of living well. Often top-ranked, it’s been listened to and viewed more than 100 million times. New episodes weekly. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.","last_synced_at":null,"page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/good-life-project-963599"},"episode":{"title":"The Hidden Reason You Keep Putting Things Off | Jon Acuff","slug":"the-hidden-reason-you-keep-putting-things-off-jon-acuff","published_at":"2026-05-11T09:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/good-life-project-963599/the-hidden-reason-you-keep-putting-things-off-jon-acuff","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/good-life-project-963599","url":"https://shows.acast.com/goodlifeprojectinspirationmotivationhappinessmeaningsuccess/episodes/the-hidden-reason-you-keep-putting-things-off-jon-acuff","audio_url":"https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/61de0665cc27c20014ea15cf/e/69ffdbb38f62b0e10fc57cb5/media.mp3","summary":"What if procrastination has been working exactly as intended?  Not as a character flaw, not as laziness, but as a solution you invented for a problem you were more afraid of than the thing you kept putting off. That reframe changes everything about how you approach it. Jon Acuff has spent decades thinking about why people with real ability, real ideas, and real desire still find ways to delay the work that matters most. His newest book, Procrastination Proof , is the result of working with hundreds of thousands of people on this exact struggle. He brings both the humor of someone who has personally been inside the loop and the precision of someone who has studied the patterns long enough to see what's actually underneath them. In this conversation we get into: Why procrastination is a solution, just not the best one, and what that distinction means for how you actually change it The four permissions most of us never gave ourselves: to dream, to plan, to do, and to review How desire creates discipline, not the other way around, and why willpower is the wrong tool entirely The broken soundtracks that sound like reasons but are really just fear in disguise What \"the opposite of procrastination\" actually looks like, and why it has nothing to do with productivity If there's something you've been wanting to do for months or years, and you keep finding new reasons why this isn't quite the right time, this conversation is worth your hour. You can find Jon at: Website | Instagram |  Episode Transcript Next week, we're sharing our conversation with Emiliya Zhivotovskaya to talk about what's actually happening when you can't stop the spin cycle in your head, and more importantly, what to do about it. Check out our offerings & partners:  Join My New Writing Proj…","meta_description":"What if procrastination has been working exactly as intended? Not as a character flaw, not as laziness, but as a solution you invented for a problem…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3145,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/good-life-project-963599/episodes/the-hidden-reason-you-keep-putting-things-off-jon-acuff/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/good-life-project-963599/the-hidden-reason-you-keep-putting-things-off-jon-acuff.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}