Overcoming Procrastination Through Physical Movement

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The chapter emphasizes the role of physical movement in breaking through states of shutdown and overcoming procrastination. Strategies such as engaging in small movements like standing barefoot in the snow are discussed to build momentum towards achieving goals. The importance of understanding motivation as a physiological process that occurs after starting an activity is highlighted, with tips on how individuals can initiate action without relying solely on motivation.

In this episode, we sit down with therapist Britt Frank to discuss the intention action gap, the psychological term for the chasm between what you very much intend to do and what you tend to do instead. It turns out, there's a well-researched psychological framework that includes a term for when you have a stated, known goal – a change you'd like to make in your life – something you wake up intending to finally do or get started doing, but then don't do while knowing full well you are actively not doing what you ought and wish you had done by now. After we discuss this phenomenon and how to deal with it, we get into procrastination and how to escape all manner of dead-end behavioral loops.

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