You asked,
“How can I be a more effective person?
By "effective" I mean getting things done more efficiently, waste less time, procrastinate less, be more proactive and to do all of this with a lighter, more positive outlook and attitude.”
I used the Flornoy Noblet (corners rounded by myself) for this reading. I want to say in advance that this was a very well-shuffled deck. This is what I drew.
VALET DESPEE-LECHARIOT-LAMORT
LEMPERATRISE-Five of Cups-CHEVALIERDEDENIERS
LAPAPESSE-LAMAISON DIEV-Ace of Deniers
A very interesting cast of characters indeed. Honestly, this one was a ringer because I saw two separate storylines going. Although I see many, many things here, I shall try to be concise. I am also going to stick to the storyline directly related to your question even though I think the other is pertinent. If you would like it, I will PM you because, in my mind, it was pretty personal.
Every character in our first row is looking to the left with exception to the bodiless heads in LAMORT. They are looking at the here and now future (see that paradox…lol), perhaps an indicator of a past thing you have brought with you, such as this tendency to procrastinate. Is this something that has been with you since your youth?
You have made an honest appraisal of this behavior, over which you would like to triumph, but have realized that you will have to clear up some external factors. You have already realized this will require an act of will but still feel stuck and unable to remove it from your life
In the row representing the present, I see a disconnect between the seated/stuck you and the you that is moving toward a goal. You want to create a specific reality and your desire to pursue this goal is strong but you feel like you’re on an island. The five of cups can often show that we are aching for something. What is standing out to me in this card is that the central cup, while on the card with the other cups. Is separated from the others by the foliage, hence my interpretation.
The third row holds your solution. This is where you can breathe a sigh of relief (kind of) because in the final outcome, the coin that the CHEVALIER is pursuing ends up within your grasp. Although I don’t know you in an I’m-in-your-head sort of way, this line gives me the sense that your internal perception really magnifies the issue. From the outside, you look clear and focused but perhaps on the inside, you feel like there is just too much going on.
LAPAPESSE shows that you are seeking, and should continue to seek, a spiritual solution. The issue is actually spiritual in nature. Meditation is critical to your solution. LA MAISON DIEV feels like an invitation to “scrape the marmalade off your mind” as Enrique Enriquez wrote in Tarology. In order for you to stop procrastinating, you need a complete upheavel. You don’t, after all, procrastinate with everything. More likely, you procrastinate over the stuff you feel like you “have to” do. You have to have a willingness to step outside of your carefully controlled comfort zone. The figures falling outside the tower obviously do not fit inside of it. This is yet another invitation to be willing to look at things in a completely different way. I suspect you have already started the process. This may feel really uncomfortable for a really long time. But your result will be not only receiving the reward you were chasing but learning that the reward is much bigger than you originally thought. (Also, avoid being greedy in your pursuit as this will alienate others who need you and vice versa).
What is your mission? If you were to write a mission statement for your life, what would that look like? When you know that, your next job is to drop everything that does not support that statement. This will provide a great deal more positivity in all that you approach.