{"podcast":{"title":"Moonshot Mentor with Laverne McKinnon","slug":"moonshot-mentor-with-laverne-mckinnon-6611026","podcast_index_feed_id":6611026,"rss_url":"https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/1415401.rss","website_url":"https://moonshotmentor.substack.com/podcast","image_url":"https://substackcdn.com/feed/podcast/1415401/d406f56ac228835c4e2954e879efae37.jpg","author":"Laverne McKinnon","episode_count":141,"summary":"Practical wisdom for reimagining your career after professional loss.","last_synced_at":null,"page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/moonshot-mentor-with-laverne-mckinnon-6611026"},"episode":{"title":"Why Do I Procrastinate? 10 Reasons 😟","slug":"why-do-i-procrastinate-10-reasons","published_at":"2025-12-15T13:02:48+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/moonshot-mentor-with-laverne-mckinnon-6611026/why-do-i-procrastinate-10-reasons","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/moonshot-mentor-with-laverne-mckinnon-6611026","url":"https://moonshotmentor.substack.com/p/why-do-i-procrastinate-10-reasons","audio_url":"https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/181385419/d9987a51733d3521d3ce03b95f07d9ce.mp3","summary":"This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit moonshotmentor.substack.com You know that moment when you say yes to something, you mean it, you see the upside… and then you can’t get yourself to actually do it? Procrastination is unbelievably frustrating. And demoralizing. And confusing. Because you care. You’re committed. So why does the follow-through stall? Most of us don’t even pause long enough to ask that question. We go straight to self-judgment. We beat ourselves up, try to muster more willpower, and promise that tomorrow will be different. Then tomorrow rolls in looking a whole lot like today. Here’s the truth: procrastination doesn’t show up because you’re lazy or unreliable. It shows up because something inside you needs attention. There are at least ten reasons you might be putting things off that have nothing to do with your drive. Once you understand which one is at play, things start to pick back up again. The task stops feeling like a crushing boulder and starts feeling workable again. Let’s dig in. 1. You’re not avoiding the task, you’re avoiding the feeling the task represents. When I was a kid, I hated practicing baton (yes, I was a baton twirler.) Why? Because I wasn’t any good at it. So practicing made me feel like I wasn’t good enough. When a task brings up shame, fear, grief, or uncertainty, we avoid it so we don’t have to feel the “bad” feelings. Here’s a great piece from Adam Grant that delves more deeply into this concept. If this one rings true for you, be gentle with yourself. You’re not dodging responsibility. You’re trying not to touch something tender, and that’s human. 2. You just don’t know where to start because the task is actually an unclear goal or moonshot. Sometimes procrastination isn’t about resistance. It’s about…","meta_description":"This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit moonshotmentor.substack.com You know that moment when you say yes to something, you mean it,…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":861,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/moonshot-mentor-with-laverne-mckinnon-6611026/episodes/why-do-i-procrastinate-10-reasons/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/moonshot-mentor-with-laverne-mckinnon-6611026/why-do-i-procrastinate-10-reasons.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}