How to Overcome Self-Sabotage

You decide you're going to exercise tomorrow morning. Morning comes, and suddenly staying in bed seems completely reasonable. You want to finish something you've been putting off, but before you know it you're cleaning the kitchen, answering messages, watching videos, or convincing yourself that you'll be much more focused tomorrow. Maybe you finally start making progress toward something important and then, strangely, you lose momentum. We usually call this self-sabotage. The frustrating part is that you can recognize what you're doing while you're doing it and still have trouble stopping. That's because self-sabotage isn't necessarily a carefully considered choice. Often, it's a familiar response to discomfort. Fear of failure can do it. So can fear of succeeding and having more expecte…