By allowing ourselves to take time we need to take, we nurture ourselves. By accepting that procrastination may even be a positive thing, and by letting go of constant nagging (which doesn't help you get there any faster, but only makes you feel worse) and self-criticism, we help ourselves feel better about ourselves--and in so doing, we may even get to where we want to go faster, or along a better route that we hadn't seen when we set ourselves goal. Even if we take a long time getting where we think we should, by allowing ourselves that time we respect our feelings, our needs, our selves. So give yourself a break. Let yourself procrastinate--and know that it can be a healthy thing.

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