PROCRASTINATION

No matter how well-organized and disciplined you are, you always found ways to spend your hours on unnecessary things like scrolling social media feed, shopping online, watching TV. This is one of the many examples of procrastination.

Procrastination is the act of avoiding a task that should be done within a certain deadline. We all procrastinate but most of us really don’t consider the reasons why we do it.

Sleep like a Koala but only at night

Is procrastination is same as laziness?

No, procrastination and laziness both are different but people may take them as same things.

Procrastination is an active process because you are refusing to do one thing but going to do another thing with more energy and with more hurry. 

Procrastination usually involves not doing certain unpleasant thing which is likely more important one, in favour of one that is much easier and enjoyable to you.

Laziness is an inactive process because it is unwillingness to act or not doing anything. But if we procrastinate over a longer span of time, we can become de-motivated and disillusioned with our work.

Why do we procrastinate and wait until the last minute?

An estimate says that 25-75% of college students procrastinate on academic work. The problem of procrastination is mainly seen in students. A survey in 1997 found that procrastination was one of the main reasons behind why PhD. candidates failed to complete their dissertations.

Fav Word of Procrastinators

Students procrastinate because they are afraid to fail or they think that their work can’t meet the expectations of their teacher and maybe their work can’t be made with excessive perfectionism. 

How to recognize that you are procrastinating or not?

*Wait for the right time with right mood to perform a particular task.

*Filling up your days with easier tasks.

*Start a high priority task and then go off to make a cup of coffee.

*Reading your emails again and again without making a decision what to do with them.

*Leave an item in your To-do list for a long lime, even though it is important one.

Don't just yawn every time hear & there

7 ways to overcome procrastination:

*Ask someone to check up on you: Peer pressure really works. Connect with someone at certain time intervals and commit to what you will do before your next meeting or you can set particular date in your calendar.

*Drop the perfectionism: People with perfectionist attitude tend to wait until things are perfect in order to proceed. So if it is not perfect you cannot be finished.

*Focus on your “WHY”: Procrastinators focus on short term gains as opposed to long term results. Start asking yourself that why are you doing that task and what are the benefits to that particular task.

*Be realistic: Establish your schedule, set yourself up for the success. Assignments often take much longer time then expected so bake in some extra time.

For example if you usually get up from bed at 12, don’t think to expand your routine to directly 3 in the morning in one day. You will become sick. Expand your schedule slightly not drastically.

*Act as you go: Tackle task as soon as they rise so you will never feel burden on yourself.

*Commit to the task: Focus on doing not avoiding. Write down the tasks in one diary and tick mark when they complete. Specify a time during which they should be completed.

*Promise yourself a reward: If you complete a difficult task then give yourself a reward. Can be a slice of cake or a cup of coffee from your favourite cafe. Make sure how good it feels to finish things.
So if you really want to come out of that circle of procrastinators, then you should definitely go for these solutions.