Procrastination or laziness?

[StabbyCat]

I’ve always assumed I’m just bone idle but I’m starting to notice that if I’m happy and upbeat with no worries I’m far more likely to move about and get things done. But if I’ve got anything on my mind I shut down. Right now I’ve got a couple of things I’m fretting about and I seem incapable of doing anything. When I stop faffing on my phone and think about stuff I get all anxious and overwhelmed and put everything off. I’ll do ANYTHING except what I should be doing if what I should be doing is at all scary to me. But ideally I’m in my own head not thinking about anything. WTF?

I could have written this myself! Are you talking about housework or is it other things in your life?

I can't help you with the cause of it but if it's housework I have found two things that help me (I'll be honest here ~ these things aren't 100% effective but they help enormously most of the time)

(1) I write a list of all the things that need doing and just get on with it ~ somehow ticking things off the list is moral boosting for me and, even if I don't do the whole list, I've achieved more than I would have done without it

(2) I invite family or friends over for dinner ~ this means that I have to clean & tidy downstairs, have a supply of food etc etc.

Hope this helps