I love this. I personally take a project-based approach to making changes and improvements to my life - which means that I have to press ahead and make a start even when I don't have all the answers - and learn and refine my approach as I go.

Doing something (anything!) to work towards the life you think you want is better than being frozen in fear of getting it wrong - and definitely better than waiting for 'perfect'. If you do something that turned out to be wrong, there will always be some learning you can take from it which will be useful for you in future, so no effort is completely fruitless.

That job that isn't the one you want right now might be the one where you learn something that helps you set up your own business in 5 years time. That person you date now that isn't your 'perfect' dream date may turn out to be someone who becomes a lifelong friend, helps you get your next Job or introduces you to your future partner.

And every time you try something new you'll be growing your self-confidence and proving to yourself that you can take control of your own situation.

I think that sometimes procrastination is a way of managing stress. When there's too much on your plate already you don't feel up to coping with something else, so you procrastinate in order to buy yourself time to calm your nervous system down.

On a good day you may be up for 'procrastination' but when you're at (or over!) the limit of what you feel like you can really cope with, then you procrastinate as a self-nurturing or maybe self-preserving mechanism.