insidious procrastination tactic...daydreaming… self-aggrandizing delusion...obvious waste of time...false sense of accomplishment...a poser with an epically inflated opinion of myself.
Perhaps this is for rhetorical purposes, but if not, consider whether this type of self-evaluation is a problem. The activities that you list seem basically good (deliberately planning and searching for things to do). Getting trapped at some stage between thinking about doing things and actually doing things is extremely common.
A few comments already have given or linked to some good concrete advice, so also remember that we feel pain for a reason, and that to effortlessly do what we feel we “ought to do” would be a mixed blessing: How many people have felt like they “ought to” spend half of their waking hours praying?
You’re being somewhat hard on yourself.
Perhaps this is for rhetorical purposes, but if not, consider whether this type of self-evaluation is a problem. The activities that you list seem basically good (deliberately planning and searching for things to do). Getting trapped at some stage between thinking about doing things and actually doing things is extremely common.
A few comments already have given or linked to some good concrete advice, so also remember that we feel pain for a reason, and that to effortlessly do what we feel we “ought to do” would be a mixed blessing: How many people have felt like they “ought to” spend half of their waking hours praying?