Dealing With Procrastination
Most of the time in life if you want to achieve certain goals within a dedicated
period of time there are a lot of factors that you’ll need to overcome, these
factors include laziness as well as negativity but one other huge factor that has to
be dealt with is of course procrastination as it is one of the main causes as to
why most of us fail to obtain what we want to achieve in our lives today.
Well to be honest most of us procrastinate so you don’t have to feel bad about it
at all, for you have come to the right place as I will give you a list of tips and some
advice which you can use to enable you to reduce such a habit.
Like any other habit it will require that you stay committed and try as much as
possible to follow the tips in order to reduce it, you know what they say; “practise
makes perfect”.
1. The Start Is The Hard Part
Most if the time we tend to either over or under estimate the duration of a project
as well as the level of difficulty need to complete it, this is why a good piece of
advice I would give is that you should just hop on to the project as soon as you
possibly can as this will help you determine the route you would take in tackling
the task.
Most of the people that have achieved their fair share of success over the years
usually say that one of the most challenging things that they had faced was
getting started, so this just shows that you should feel like your the only one that
is going through it even the most successful people pasted through it too but its
how the overcame it that matters.
Even just a tiny bit of work can go a long way like trying to map out a strategy on
how you would complete the task or even forming writing a simple step of ideas
will take you a very long way,starting is very difficult but as you start it will give
you an open mind and help you think clearly unlike leaving it to the last minute.
Speaking of the topic is that why a brand like Nike would come up with a phrase
like “Just Do it “?.
2. Balancing Time Is Key
Another way in which we can avoid procrastinating is by making sure we have a
good time management skills, as this is a very important tool that can lead you to
achieving success.So time management is having the ability to allocate a
particular amount of time to a given task,this allocation allows you to plan
adequately for your day giving you the potential to maximize your productivity as
well as increasing your effectiveness.
This practise will prevent you from pushing things outside your schedule whilst
helping you stay active and prevent laziness.
How Do You Mange Your Time ?
There are Various ways in which you can manage your time well,like you could
simply head over to your designated mobile/computer app store and download
apps that can help you plan your day effectively.That’s one way of doing it but
there is an alternative is to try and use a small book or even a journal would
do,simply write down the things that you’d like to accomplish before the day
ends before you go to sleep each night which I found very useful.
In doing this simple task you would be able to keep track of your day and it will
also help you remain focused in achieving the goals that you’re supposed to
complete, this will further allow you to free up more time which you can catch up
on your favourite show on netflix and a small tip always try to allocate a slightly
large amount of time to your tasks because some important stuff may come up.
Managing your time is one of the keys to limiting procrastination.
3.Use Social Media Less
There are so many things that are happening in the world today and with the aid
of social media applications such as Facebook,Twitter,Snapchat and Instagram
have made the transmitting information through to various parts of the world
simply, which of course is a good thing but if used in excess can cause you to pay
your attention to other things apart from work.
I know watching cat videos or liking other peoples posts is way better than
working, but it is this shift in attention that can cause us to become lazy and make
us fail to complete what we ought to do.Being in My early 20’s it was hard for me
to reduce my usage of such applications, but with some dedication and time
management I managed to cut down my usage to about 7 hours per week who
would have thought ?.
Although trust me it does take a little bit of time to get used to but staying off
social media for a bit actually relieves some pressure of you and also frees up a
lot of your time, limiting the amount of interactions with your phone can helps you
regulate your activity on your phone.Like everything else you’ll need to do it more
frequently in order to get the right level of productivity.
4. You Need To Sleep More
In order for you to function more effectively and efficiently, you should make sure
you get an adequate amount of sleep.Most of the time people often put off things
because they feel the don’t have the energy to complete the tasks at hand, which
could be due to improper management of their time.Getting enough sleep has
proven to increase brain activity as well as boost mental wellness making you
think much clearer, therefore getting about 7 - 8 hours of sleep can help you be
much more effective in your thinking and help you perform better in your tasks.
5. A Good Environment Will Boost Productivity
Having a good working environment is a good way of preventing yourself from
pushing work to a later date, by a good working environment I mean having a
work space that has little or no distractions that can make you lose your focus.
It is also important for you to work in areas that are conducive enough such as
rooms that are separate from either from your living room or TV as this help your
mind to only pay attention to what has been put in front of it leaving no room for it
to be disturbed, placing a motivation poster or Quote can also be a good Idea to
keep you focused on your target.
Another way in which you can get rid of this habit is by trying as much as possible
to get involved in tasks that promote group work, this will help you keep track of
the things that you are doing because you’ll constantly be reminded to complete
the work before time because your doing it as a group.
The other benefit of this is that it will make it easier for you to interact with people
that you’ve just meet whilst helping you to be diligent with your work,the more you
practise this the more likely you are of building leadership skills because of your
ability to manage time well.
Here is a very intresting video I found on the topic , this video is by Mel Robbins it
is a very short and useful video that you might want to see .
In conclusion it is very important for you and I to take note of things that prevent
us from completing the tasks that we have set out to complete, things like Social
Media play a big part as they are the largest consumers of our time.
Therefore practise the tips mentioned above might just help you to become more
productive leading to you having more success, always keep in mind that even
starting to practise these tips might be hard at first but with the right attitude and
right amount of consistence you’ll be able to perfect your this skill and even add to
it.
So don’t wait till tomorrow to start improving your life , start to day and you will see
just how much success you’ll be able to achieve in a short period of time.Lastly I’ll
end with saying a positive mindset is all you need to have in order to change
your lifestyle, stay positive and remember everyone had to start from somewhere
keep on working.
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Post By: Lifestyle'N'stuff
Date 11 Oct 2019