WEBVTT 00:00:08.330 --> 00:00:11.250 What's going on, Pursuers? Welcome to The Pursuit 00:00:11.250 --> 00:00:14.470 of Calling, the podcast that provides you with 00:00:14.470 --> 00:00:17.390 the strategies and tools needed to successfully 00:00:17.390 --> 00:00:20.949 discover and pursue your calling. Whether it's 00:00:20.949 --> 00:00:23.350 through inspiring stories, thought -provoking 00:00:23.350 --> 00:00:26.269 interviews, or quick, insightful episodes on 00:00:26.269 --> 00:00:28.670 personal growth and development, we've got you 00:00:28.670 --> 00:00:32.469 covered. I'm your host, Thomas Carney. Enjoy 00:00:32.469 --> 00:00:42.659 the episode. How's it going, Pursuers? So, I 00:00:42.659 --> 00:00:45.560 quit my job. You might already know that if you've 00:00:45.560 --> 00:00:47.539 been listening to this podcast for a second, 00:00:47.759 --> 00:00:49.840 because it's kind of been the theme of the last 00:00:49.840 --> 00:00:51.859 few weeks, but I quit my job as a full -time 00:00:51.859 --> 00:00:54.399 mobile app developer, and, you know, websites 00:00:54.399 --> 00:00:58.380 too, in order to pursue what I believe God is 00:00:58.380 --> 00:01:00.960 calling me to do in being a full -time entrepreneur, 00:01:01.060 --> 00:01:04.219 specifically a coaching business, life coaching 00:01:04.219 --> 00:01:09.799 business. However, there's one thing Big thing 00:01:09.799 --> 00:01:11.659 that's been on my mind recently, and I think 00:01:11.659 --> 00:01:12.920 this is something that I know this is something 00:01:12.920 --> 00:01:19.280 that a lot of people deal with. I've, and you 00:01:19.280 --> 00:01:20.480 might already guess it from the title of the 00:01:20.480 --> 00:01:24.819 episode, I have a problem with procrastination. 00:01:26.640 --> 00:01:29.180 It is not necessarily that I'm doing things that 00:01:29.180 --> 00:01:31.879 are bad, right? It's not necessarily that I'm 00:01:31.879 --> 00:01:35.340 doing things that are lazy. It's that I'm not 00:01:35.340 --> 00:01:39.219 prioritizing. my needs over my wants. I'm doing 00:01:39.219 --> 00:01:43.459 things that could be considered necessarily productive. 00:01:44.180 --> 00:01:48.700 I'm getting things done, but they're not necessarily 00:01:48.700 --> 00:01:51.840 the quote -unquote right things that need done. 00:01:54.700 --> 00:01:57.400 If you're building something meaningful, especially 00:01:57.400 --> 00:02:00.859 while managing chronic health or a high responsibility 00:02:00.859 --> 00:02:03.500 in your life, you're going to feel this tension. 00:02:04.620 --> 00:02:07.840 Doing things you want, over the things that need 00:02:07.840 --> 00:02:11.400 to get done. You don't always prioritize all 00:02:11.400 --> 00:02:15.400 that well, right? I'm doing, I like to do what's 00:02:15.400 --> 00:02:20.000 comfortable, right? Most of us do. The ones aren't 00:02:20.000 --> 00:02:23.060 bad things, but they aren't always the best thing 00:02:23.060 --> 00:02:25.580 that you could be working on right now. Does 00:02:25.580 --> 00:02:29.939 that sound familiar? You know, this came up for 00:02:29.939 --> 00:02:33.539 me in my therapy session yesterday morning. An 00:02:33.539 --> 00:02:36.919 avid habit most people have is, prioritizing 00:02:36.919 --> 00:02:45.300 one's over needs. And, hmm, our society, our 00:02:45.300 --> 00:02:52.020 economy thrives on this. Why wash the dishes 00:02:52.020 --> 00:02:53.960 when I could watch a video on YouTube or Netflix? 00:02:54.099 --> 00:02:56.939 Why work out when I could watch TV and have a 00:02:56.939 --> 00:02:59.360 snack? Why pursue my calling when I could stay 00:02:59.360 --> 00:03:03.819 comfortable with where I'm at? You know, my therapist 00:03:03.819 --> 00:03:07.460 gave me some homework. She said, observe without 00:03:07.460 --> 00:03:10.060 judgment when you have moments of want versus 00:03:10.060 --> 00:03:16.340 need. Looking for a distinct reason for the procrastination. 00:03:17.280 --> 00:03:18.900 We're going to get a little bit more into that 00:03:18.900 --> 00:03:20.620 as we go through the episode, but I want you 00:03:20.620 --> 00:03:23.400 to hold on to that mind. Hold on to that. We're 00:03:23.400 --> 00:03:27.479 going to look for a distinct reason for our procrastination. 00:03:30.300 --> 00:03:34.629 I want to focus on... You know, that simple thing, 00:03:34.669 --> 00:03:36.449 though, that simple topic of procrastination, 00:03:36.449 --> 00:03:42.449 this episode, and how to stop it. You know, procrastination, 00:03:42.449 --> 00:03:45.949 it's not laziness. Like I said earlier, like, 00:03:46.009 --> 00:03:48.810 even for me, like, I like to get things done. 00:03:48.849 --> 00:03:50.349 You like to get things done. You're a productive 00:03:50.349 --> 00:03:57.129 person. Like, you're not lazy. But it's a signal. 00:03:57.569 --> 00:04:04.539 It shows our wants, fears. or discomfort are 00:04:04.539 --> 00:04:09.280 misaligned with our needs. There's a ton of research 00:04:09.280 --> 00:04:12.939 on this topic, like a ton. People want to know 00:04:12.939 --> 00:04:16.120 why they procrastinate. You've most likely heard 00:04:16.120 --> 00:04:19.160 the term delayed gratification or immediate reward. 00:04:19.920 --> 00:04:22.879 Naturally, our brains are trained to go for what 00:04:22.879 --> 00:04:28.089 is most readily available and attainable. So, 00:04:28.089 --> 00:04:30.810 procrastination comes in when the brain wants 00:04:30.810 --> 00:04:33.730 short -term emotional relief more than the reward 00:04:33.730 --> 00:04:43.069 that the long -term goal would give you. Now, 00:04:43.069 --> 00:04:45.870 because you lack willpower or discipline, tasks 00:04:45.870 --> 00:04:48.850 that seem unpleasant, boring, or overwhelming 00:04:48.850 --> 00:04:52.870 are most likely to be avoided. Then the void 00:04:52.870 --> 00:04:56.069 is filled with something easier that brings us 00:04:56.069 --> 00:05:01.500 comfort. Is that making sense? Listen to that 00:05:01.500 --> 00:05:06.860 part again. You don't lack willpower. You don't 00:05:06.860 --> 00:05:10.939 lack discipline. Simply, the tasks that seem 00:05:10.939 --> 00:05:13.579 unpleasant, boring, or overwhelming are most 00:05:13.579 --> 00:05:17.240 likely to be avoided. Then the void is filled 00:05:17.240 --> 00:05:22.199 with something easier to bring us comfort. A 00:05:22.199 --> 00:05:26.180 key idea in the research is temporal discounting. 00:05:26.519 --> 00:05:28.699 That's a term you might not have heard before. 00:05:28.759 --> 00:05:31.120 I didn't hear it before I started doing research 00:05:31.120 --> 00:05:35.560 on the topic for this episode. Our brains value 00:05:35.560 --> 00:05:39.720 immediate comfort. This is talking about the 00:05:39.720 --> 00:05:42.860 poor discounting. Our brains value immediate 00:05:42.860 --> 00:05:45.959 comfort more than the delayed benefits. So this 00:05:45.959 --> 00:05:48.259 is what we were talking about before. Even when 00:05:48.259 --> 00:05:56.819 the latter are more meaningful. So. Really, what 00:05:56.819 --> 00:06:00.920 procrastination is doing is not necessarily pushing 00:06:00.920 --> 00:06:06.160 things off. It's seeing how quickly we can get 00:06:06.160 --> 00:06:10.879 a reward. Does that make sense? I think that's 00:06:10.879 --> 00:06:12.899 the mindset shift around procrastination. It's 00:06:12.899 --> 00:06:15.639 not laziness. It's not pushing something off. 00:06:15.959 --> 00:06:19.139 It's getting reward faster. It's seeing how quick 00:06:19.139 --> 00:06:23.019 can I get a reward. So what does the science 00:06:23.019 --> 00:06:27.000 say? There is a... A couple other terms that, 00:06:27.079 --> 00:06:29.399 again, I didn't hear before. Maybe you did. One 00:06:29.399 --> 00:06:32.100 called task aversion. The more unpleasant or 00:06:32.100 --> 00:06:34.720 unappealing a task feels, even if it's important, 00:06:35.000 --> 00:06:38.819 the more likely we are to avoid it. There's another 00:06:38.819 --> 00:06:42.600 term called emotion regulation. We practice to 00:06:42.600 --> 00:06:45.740 manage our feelings, to escape discomfort, anxiety, 00:06:46.139 --> 00:06:51.300 or the fear tied to a task. Okay, so we're trying 00:06:51.300 --> 00:06:54.980 to escape discomfort, anxiety. or the fear that 00:06:54.980 --> 00:06:58.779 is tied to the task. So what is this fear typically 00:06:58.779 --> 00:07:00.579 that's tied to the task? I want to kind of hone 00:07:00.579 --> 00:07:03.079 in on this fear, this anxiety. I think it's a 00:07:03.079 --> 00:07:05.160 lot of the time what I find whenever I'm coaching, 00:07:05.300 --> 00:07:08.959 whenever I'm coaching, my clients typically get 00:07:08.959 --> 00:07:12.920 stressed out because they believe that the goal 00:07:12.920 --> 00:07:16.600 is too big to achieve, or they don't know what 00:07:16.600 --> 00:07:18.899 the next step is, and that stresses them out. 00:07:19.669 --> 00:07:21.670 You ever been there where you're like, I have 00:07:21.670 --> 00:07:23.709 this big thing. I have this thing that I think 00:07:23.709 --> 00:07:27.910 it kind of feels like a pipe dream. And maybe 00:07:27.910 --> 00:07:31.170 one day I'll do it. Maybe I'll get it done one 00:07:31.170 --> 00:07:35.329 day. But the thing is, unless you sit down and 00:07:35.329 --> 00:07:40.629 actually figure out how to break that goal down. 00:07:40.810 --> 00:07:42.009 And again, we're going to get into this a little 00:07:42.009 --> 00:07:44.269 bit more. Break that goal down into bite sized 00:07:44.269 --> 00:07:47.769 pieces. So the task isn't as big. There's not. 00:07:48.060 --> 00:07:50.879 fear around the task is you're going to keep 00:07:50.879 --> 00:07:55.660 procrastinating it and keep pushing it off. So 00:07:55.660 --> 00:07:58.519 how do we overcome it? Now, my therapist gave 00:07:58.519 --> 00:08:00.899 me another question to ask myself in the, in 00:08:00.899 --> 00:08:05.920 the moment of making a decision to do one thing 00:08:05.920 --> 00:08:08.699 over another. So whenever I'm making a decision 00:08:08.699 --> 00:08:12.500 to maybe read my book that I love reading, I 00:08:12.500 --> 00:08:15.860 read it for fun over recording a podcast episode, 00:08:15.959 --> 00:08:21.079 for instance. The question is, is this really 00:08:21.079 --> 00:08:25.160 what I should be doing right now? Is this really 00:08:25.160 --> 00:08:26.680 what I should be doing right now? It doesn't 00:08:26.680 --> 00:08:29.339 mean that it's not what you should be doing. 00:08:29.360 --> 00:08:32.200 It doesn't mean that it's a bad thing, but it's 00:08:32.200 --> 00:08:36.039 a genuine question. Is this what I really should 00:08:36.039 --> 00:08:42.480 be doing right now? Hmm. This is asking whether 00:08:42.480 --> 00:08:45.299 the emotional reward circuitry is driving the 00:08:45.299 --> 00:08:50.659 moment's choice. So noticing that pattern is 00:08:50.659 --> 00:08:53.299 exactly what psychologists recommend for breaking 00:08:53.299 --> 00:08:59.519 this procrastination cycle. It's noticing, like, 00:08:59.519 --> 00:09:04.980 why do I want to sit down and read my book right 00:09:04.980 --> 00:09:06.940 now? For me, this is real. I love to read. Maybe 00:09:06.940 --> 00:09:09.600 you're not a reader. Maybe you're an audiobooker. 00:09:09.600 --> 00:09:11.480 I'm both. I do both at the same time. That's 00:09:11.480 --> 00:09:15.259 just me. I think it adds a dimension to the story. 00:09:15.399 --> 00:09:21.019 Give me a break. The emotional reward circuitry 00:09:21.019 --> 00:09:22.960 is like, do I want to sit down and read my book 00:09:22.960 --> 00:09:25.240 right now? Or do I want to eat this chocolate 00:09:25.240 --> 00:09:28.600 cookie right now? Or do I want to watch my TV 00:09:28.600 --> 00:09:32.240 show right now? Because I just want to stay comfortable? 00:09:34.279 --> 00:09:36.820 Am I afraid of the thing that I should be doing? 00:09:37.700 --> 00:09:40.730 Is it? Something, is it uncomfortable to do the 00:09:40.730 --> 00:09:42.789 thing that I know I need to be doing? And sometimes 00:09:42.789 --> 00:09:45.590 that just has to happen. And I think whenever 00:09:45.590 --> 00:09:51.009 we ask ourselves these questions, that is how 00:09:51.009 --> 00:09:54.230 you break the cycle. That's how you stop, quote 00:09:54.230 --> 00:09:59.309 unquote, pushing things off. You stop living 00:09:59.309 --> 00:10:03.889 on default. I love that term. I love the phrase. 00:10:04.480 --> 00:10:06.620 Stop living on default. And I don't think anybody 00:10:06.620 --> 00:10:08.759 else has says that. So I kind of want, maybe 00:10:08.759 --> 00:10:12.039 I'll make a shirt for that because I don't know. 00:10:12.080 --> 00:10:14.419 I feel like it's my life. I want to stop. That's 00:10:14.419 --> 00:10:15.759 why I'm leaving my job. I want to stop living 00:10:15.759 --> 00:10:20.059 on default. Anyway, let's keep going. So let's 00:10:20.059 --> 00:10:23.919 get into some practical steps and how to overcome 00:10:23.919 --> 00:10:28.240 procrastination. I forgot the word for a second. 00:10:30.259 --> 00:10:33.100 So it's not about trying harder. It's about reducing 00:10:33.100 --> 00:10:37.379 emotional resistance. So make the need smaller. 00:10:37.639 --> 00:10:41.559 I mentioned that before. If the task feels overwhelming, 00:10:41.740 --> 00:10:44.899 let's shrink it. The task isn't build the business. 00:10:44.960 --> 00:10:46.639 If you're like me, you're building your own business. 00:10:47.039 --> 00:10:51.519 It's, hey, open the laptop. Open the laptop. 00:10:51.899 --> 00:10:55.580 Network with five people. What are the steps 00:10:55.580 --> 00:10:57.879 you can do in order to make the business a success? 00:10:58.659 --> 00:11:01.919 Not. Just build a business and make it this ambiguous 00:11:01.919 --> 00:11:09.600 big goal. Shrink it. Chop it up. Chop up. This 00:11:09.600 --> 00:11:13.039 is an analogy I just meal prep today. Chop up 00:11:13.039 --> 00:11:15.639 the pepper. Instead of just throwing the whole 00:11:15.639 --> 00:11:17.960 pepper into the pot, chop up the pepper into 00:11:17.960 --> 00:11:22.740 bite -sized pieces so that each step, each new 00:11:22.740 --> 00:11:27.080 piece of the puzzle can be taken one step at 00:11:27.080 --> 00:11:32.559 a time. The goal isn't write the book. It's write 00:11:32.559 --> 00:11:35.779 one paragraph. It's not get healthy. It's go 00:11:35.779 --> 00:11:41.360 to the gym one time. Walk in the door. Small 00:11:41.360 --> 00:11:48.700 actions lowers emotional friction. Okay, now 00:11:48.700 --> 00:11:52.700 let's clarify the next step. Procrastination 00:11:52.700 --> 00:11:57.529 thrives in vagueness. Instead of... Work on the 00:11:57.529 --> 00:12:00.009 podcast. This is something on my brain. Instead 00:12:00.009 --> 00:12:02.850 of work on the podcast, maybe define outline 00:12:02.850 --> 00:12:07.409 three teaching points. Record an intro. For me, 00:12:07.529 --> 00:12:17.929 clarity reduces avoidance. The third thing in 00:12:17.929 --> 00:12:21.059 this is attach meaning to the need. And I think 00:12:21.059 --> 00:12:23.840 a lot of the times we have a need, like one thing 00:12:23.840 --> 00:12:25.419 I really didn't want to do this week was sign 00:12:25.419 --> 00:12:28.059 up for health insurance. It's really boring. 00:12:28.379 --> 00:12:30.799 And they asked me all these crazy questions. 00:12:30.899 --> 00:12:32.840 I say, what sex were you assigned at birth? And 00:12:32.840 --> 00:12:38.779 I was like, oh, silly question. I think I'm pretty 00:12:38.779 --> 00:12:44.159 sure I'm a dude. I'm positive, but silly questions 00:12:44.159 --> 00:12:51.279 like that. And I'm like. Like. But then I'm like, 00:12:52.919 --> 00:12:56.360 if you sign the meaning to it, I'm like, what 00:12:56.360 --> 00:12:59.960 future does this help build? Well, for me, it 00:12:59.960 --> 00:13:01.659 helps make sure that I'm going to be able to 00:13:01.659 --> 00:13:04.539 go to the doctor so I can still get my medications. 00:13:04.580 --> 00:13:07.879 And like, there's a positive outcome, positive 00:13:07.879 --> 00:13:11.639 reward to this super boring task. Or who does 00:13:11.639 --> 00:13:14.720 this serve? Why am I doing this right now? Who 00:13:14.720 --> 00:13:20.639 does it serve for me to? Write this book. Who 00:13:20.639 --> 00:13:22.720 does it serve for me to make this video? Who 00:13:22.720 --> 00:13:27.259 does it serve for me to make sure I'm healthy? 00:13:27.779 --> 00:13:32.559 Who else does it serve besides myself for me 00:13:32.559 --> 00:13:37.340 to go to the gym? Maybe you're a dad and you 00:13:37.340 --> 00:13:39.700 want to be healthy for your family. It's not 00:13:39.700 --> 00:13:42.820 just for you. It's for the people that you serve, 00:13:42.840 --> 00:13:46.620 and that's your family. When meaning increases, 00:13:46.820 --> 00:13:51.779 motivation strengthens. And finally, we're going 00:13:51.779 --> 00:13:55.580 to allow strategic wants. Instead of eliminating 00:13:55.580 --> 00:13:57.580 comfort, we're going to earn it. We're going 00:13:57.580 --> 00:14:00.820 to schedule it or we're going to use it as recovery. 00:14:01.399 --> 00:14:04.159 So earn it. It's like, okay, after working for 00:14:04.159 --> 00:14:07.299 two hours, I'm going to get one cookie. And that's 00:14:07.299 --> 00:14:11.600 my reward. Or after reaching this milestone for 00:14:11.600 --> 00:14:14.639 the day, after doing a session of deep work for 00:14:14.639 --> 00:14:17.590 the day, I'm going to read my book for an hour. 00:14:17.690 --> 00:14:20.710 That's a reward for me because, oh my gosh, Brandon 00:14:20.710 --> 00:14:24.350 Sanderson is an artist. Look his books up. Anyway, 00:14:24.549 --> 00:14:28.570 I mentioned, I'm going to skip a couple of things 00:14:28.570 --> 00:14:30.850 because it's going a little bit longer than I 00:14:30.850 --> 00:14:36.350 meant it to. The goal isn't zero once. It's just 00:14:36.350 --> 00:14:38.190 having your once be in the right place. It's 00:14:38.190 --> 00:14:43.490 being strategic with them. Okay, I'm going to... 00:14:44.330 --> 00:14:46.210 I mean, I have so many notes here and I need 00:14:46.210 --> 00:14:47.490 to skip some because this episode is getting 00:14:47.490 --> 00:14:55.169 long. Hmm. I'm going to skip to the faith and 00:14:55.169 --> 00:15:00.029 calling connection. How did this talk of procrastination 00:15:00.029 --> 00:15:05.570 align with our faith as Christians and the calling 00:15:05.570 --> 00:15:11.789 that is on your life? Here's a question that 00:15:11.789 --> 00:15:13.690 you can ask yourself. Am I choosing comfort over 00:15:13.690 --> 00:15:18.250 calling? Or maybe a question, am I stewarding 00:15:18.250 --> 00:15:21.970 what God has entrusted to me? This work we're 00:15:21.970 --> 00:15:24.830 doing, pursuing our callings, it's not just for 00:15:24.830 --> 00:15:30.590 us. I keep saying that. Be faithful with what 00:15:30.590 --> 00:15:35.190 God is entrusting to you. He's entrusting to 00:15:35.190 --> 00:15:40.809 you to live a life. I'm kidding. Okay. He's entrusting 00:15:40.809 --> 00:15:45.850 to you to live your life in a particular way. 00:15:48.570 --> 00:15:52.149 Are you going to live your life in comfort? Are 00:15:52.149 --> 00:15:53.509 you going to live your life in your calling? 00:15:56.509 --> 00:16:01.110 Like, it's okay. Let's get into scripture. Colossians 00:16:01.110 --> 00:16:04.289 3 .23. I love this verse. Whatever you do, work 00:16:04.289 --> 00:16:08.379 heartedly. Work with all that you have as for 00:16:08.379 --> 00:16:11.700 the Lord and not for men, not for human masters. 00:16:11.820 --> 00:16:13.980 I'm going to say it again. Whatever you do, work 00:16:13.980 --> 00:16:19.779 heartily as for the Lord and not for men. Work 00:16:19.779 --> 00:16:21.899 for the Lord and not for, like, you're not working 00:16:21.899 --> 00:16:24.059 for men. You're working to serve the Lord. You 00:16:24.059 --> 00:16:29.620 serve the Lord by serving others. If I'm building 00:16:29.620 --> 00:16:31.940 my business, recording a podcast, writing content, 00:16:31.980 --> 00:16:35.080 it's not just for me. This is worship, guys. 00:16:35.860 --> 00:16:38.360 I'm sorry if you're not a, well, I am sorry if 00:16:38.360 --> 00:16:39.759 you're not a Christian because Jesus is great, 00:16:39.879 --> 00:16:47.980 but man, the pursuit of your calling is worship. 00:16:51.539 --> 00:16:53.259 Man, there's so many changes I could go on right 00:16:53.259 --> 00:16:55.139 now, but I'm going to keep moving. Suddenly that 00:16:55.139 --> 00:17:05.660 need becomes sacred. Okay, there's one more verse 00:17:05.660 --> 00:17:07.980 I want to read, and then we're going to wrap 00:17:07.980 --> 00:17:12.099 it up. Psalm 127, verses 1 to 2. I found this, 00:17:12.099 --> 00:17:14.579 and it's amazing. Unless the Lord builds a house, 00:17:14.799 --> 00:17:18.700 the builder labors in vain. Unless the Lord watches 00:17:18.700 --> 00:17:21.359 over the city, the guard stands watch in vain. 00:17:21.779 --> 00:17:25.720 In vain you rise early and stay up late, toiling 00:17:25.720 --> 00:17:29.539 for food to eat. For the Lord, he grants sleep 00:17:29.539 --> 00:17:33.299 to those he loves. Spurgeon said about these 00:17:33.299 --> 00:17:36.339 two verses, he said, note, the psalmist does 00:17:36.339 --> 00:17:39.380 not bid the builder cease from laboring, nor 00:17:39.380 --> 00:17:41.960 suggest that watchmen should neglect their duty, 00:17:42.079 --> 00:17:46.599 nor that man should show their trust in God by 00:17:46.599 --> 00:17:50.859 doing nothing. Nay, nay, Spurgeon is great, nay, 00:17:51.039 --> 00:17:55.460 he supposes that they would do all that they 00:17:55.460 --> 00:18:00.240 can do. And then he forbids their fixing their 00:18:00.240 --> 00:18:05.029 trust. in what they have done and assures them 00:18:05.029 --> 00:18:11.049 that all creature effort will be in vain unless 00:18:11.049 --> 00:18:16.490 the creator puts forth his power. God's not calling 00:18:16.490 --> 00:18:18.910 you to be lazy. He's calling you to take action 00:18:18.910 --> 00:18:24.950 and give it all that you have. But man, only 00:18:24.950 --> 00:18:28.180 if it's what he's calling you to do. Only for 00:18:28.180 --> 00:18:33.579 what he's saying, this is for you. Man, so whenever 00:18:33.579 --> 00:18:37.619 we're procrastinating from our calling, like, 00:18:37.680 --> 00:18:42.720 ooh, okay, okay. We're kind of telling God the 00:18:42.720 --> 00:18:45.680 calling that he's given us isn't enough. And 00:18:45.680 --> 00:18:47.940 I'm like, bro, ooh, that's way, ooh, I'm getting 00:18:47.940 --> 00:18:51.259 a little uncomfortable. We don't need to rely 00:18:51.259 --> 00:18:54.079 on our abilities alone. God is a provider and 00:18:54.079 --> 00:18:56.559 sustainer. He wants us to rest and rely on him. 00:18:56.599 --> 00:18:59.579 He doesn't want us to reach the edge of burnout. 00:18:59.720 --> 00:19:03.140 He loves us. However, if his hand isn't over 00:19:03.140 --> 00:19:09.579 our pursuits, then they're in vain. So I want 00:19:09.579 --> 00:19:11.880 to challenge you to pray on your efforts or your 00:19:11.880 --> 00:19:14.740 goals aligned with the calling he has placed 00:19:14.740 --> 00:19:22.630 on your life. Man, I didn't actually, I prepared 00:19:22.630 --> 00:19:25.230 a lot, a lot more for this. Okay. I shouldn't, 00:19:25.230 --> 00:19:26.869 I probably shouldn't say this, but I prepared 00:19:26.869 --> 00:19:28.549 a lot more for this episode than I have for a 00:19:28.549 --> 00:19:31.009 lot of other episodes in the past. And man, it 00:19:31.009 --> 00:19:32.890 was so much fun. And it's 20 minutes. I don't 00:19:32.890 --> 00:19:34.109 know if there, I don't know if people are going 00:19:34.109 --> 00:19:35.849 to listen to the whole thing, but man, thank 00:19:35.849 --> 00:19:38.329 you. If you did, I really appreciate it. I want 00:19:38.329 --> 00:19:40.269 to give you one more challenge. If you have, 00:19:40.369 --> 00:19:42.450 if you were to ask yourself is what I'm doing 00:19:42.450 --> 00:19:45.009 right now about to do. Wow. That was terrible. 00:19:45.130 --> 00:19:47.450 English is what I'm about to do really what I 00:19:47.450 --> 00:19:53.250 should be doing. If you were to ask yourself 00:19:53.250 --> 00:20:01.509 that, what do you think would happen? Think about 00:20:01.509 --> 00:20:03.809 that. Start asking yourself that question. I'm 00:20:03.809 --> 00:20:04.849 going to be doing it too. I'm going to be doing 00:20:04.849 --> 00:20:06.930 it right alongside you because I just had this 00:20:06.930 --> 00:20:09.049 therapy session yesterday and it just sparked 00:20:09.049 --> 00:20:13.890 this whole thought process in me. So, guys. Thank 00:20:13.890 --> 00:20:17.049 you for sitting with me and listening to this 00:20:17.049 --> 00:20:19.170 episode of the Pursuit of Calling podcast on 00:20:19.170 --> 00:20:21.069 procrastination. I didn't think I was going to 00:20:21.069 --> 00:20:22.569 have so much fun talking about procrastination. 00:20:22.569 --> 00:20:25.509 It's crazy. If you like this episode, please 00:20:25.509 --> 00:20:28.789 share it out on social media. It's so helpful 00:20:28.789 --> 00:20:31.210 when you do that. And if you find a reel, if 00:20:31.210 --> 00:20:33.869 you see a reel about this episode, repost it. 00:20:33.910 --> 00:20:36.130 Do that repost thing that Instagram now does 00:20:36.130 --> 00:20:40.769 and like it, share it. And guys, don't forget 00:20:40.769 --> 00:20:44.750 to give a five -star review. on Spotify, Apple 00:20:44.750 --> 00:20:47.069 Podcasts, and apparently now you can leave comments 00:20:47.069 --> 00:20:49.569 on Apple Podcasts from what I understand. So 00:20:49.569 --> 00:20:52.069 if you want to go leave a comment on Apple Podcasts 00:20:52.069 --> 00:20:53.809 on Spotify, wherever you're listening to your 00:20:53.809 --> 00:20:57.049 podcast, that would be amazing. Guys, thank you 00:20:57.049 --> 00:20:59.130 again for listening to this episode. Keep pursuing 00:20:59.130 --> 00:21:01.750 your calling. Do well. I'll see you later, pursuers. 00:21:02.049 --> 00:21:02.490 Peace.