Discipline is a very scary word. Simple discipline is just about making and keeping promises to yourself and repeating it every day. Repeating them every day will create discipline and eventually turn into a habit.
And to create discipline, the best way is to keep environmental triggers on. For example, if you want to exercise daily, keep your exercise clothes out of the wardrobe the night before. So that when you wake up, they will act as an environmental trigger and help you with keeping your promise.
Perfectionism is a paralyzing level of overthinking that keeps you from starting, finishing or showing up. If you consider yourself a perfectionist. You’re wrong. You’re not a perfectionist. You’re just afraid. You’re afraid of failing. You’re afraid of getting it wrong. You’re afraid of criticism that comes with it. You’re afraid of being seen as a failure. You’re afraid of not knowing what that means.
Perfectionists are so insanely hard on themselves. They have what psychologists say, a bias of overthinking. Being perfectionist starts with childhood. Either it comes with children who have critical or unpredictable parents. So, perfectionism comes as a coping mechanism to do everything perfectly so that they don’t get a criticism or negative reaction.
You can repair this with High five Habit. When you stand Infront of the mirror in the morning brushing your teeth, high five yourself to acknowledge yourself. Even on the days when you didn’t exercise or you didn’t write that song, or you didn’t do that thing you said you do. When you continue to support and celebrate yours in those moments. You’re mending that damage that got done to you as a child. You’re building up this ability to do what courage requires. And that’s being willing to try again, start and make mistakes. When you wake up every morning, you have the option to either criticize yourself or support yourself.
Procrastinating is the act of delaying and postponing your work. You can stop this by making short deadlines. Have deadlines in pieces of those big goals you’re dreaming of. When you plan something in your mind, that thing doesn’t work. Write it down in front of yourself.
You can just make a promise to yourself and keep that promise. Make smaller deadlines and goals for your one big goal. Keep practicing that daily so it will become your habit and you will practice discipline.