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Overall in my life, I've been maintaining a good work ethic and performance, but sometimes I get off track, and then it turns into a downward spiral of distractions and, our topic today, procrastination.
"Procrastination is the act of unnecessarily delaying or postponing something despite knowing that there could be negative consequences for doing so. It is a common human experience involving delays in everyday chores or even putting off tasks such as attending an appointment, submitting a job report or academic assignment, or broaching a stressful issue with a partner. It is often perceived as a negative trait due to its hindering effect on one's productivity, associated with depression, low self-esteem, guilt, and feelings of inadequacy."
For many years, I've struggled with it, and even if sometimes I overcome it, it comes back.
So, how can we fight it?
There are many methods, and many causes too.
Causes:
And what you're here for:
The methods:
Set specific and realistic goals:
Most of us when we think of goals, we think of reaching the stars, which I'm not judging, we all want to do so. But, some people view the path to their goals as one continuous line, and once they start making progress, they look at what's left (which in their perspective is a lot if they are doing it all at once), and lose motivation.
What you want to do is to set smaller goals, that still lead to that final one, and you don't need to rush them, take your time. What this does is it makes the task feel less daunting, and once you achieve a small goal, you feel accomplished way more often than not dividing them, which makes you keep going. It feels so much nicer.
Another thing is always setting the hardest task as the first task. That way you're motivated to do the rest as they get easier and easier, and then you get your so precious reward.
Maximize your enjoyment:
This one's a pretty common method when it comes to topics like these. A study by Wohl, Pychyl, and Bennett in 2010 found that students were less likely to procrastinate on tasks they found enjoyable. Techniques such as pairing tasks with enjoyable activities/rewards or varying work environments can enhance task enjoyment and motivation by considerable amounts. Just be careful to not over-hype the prize, or making it be something huge. Small tasks, small rewards, but way more enjoyment.
Eliminate distractions:
This one's pretty obvious. When you're about to do a task, put your electronics away, and if you're using them to do your task, mute your notifications and don't look at any other apps unless really important. If you can't control yourself, there's apps that block them for you.
Another thing that could cause procrastination is having a disorder like ADHD. In this case, there's threads you can go through here that have some pretty solid info, I recommend looking around in BOTB (Best Of The Best) to see if there's anything, but I'll summarize most of them in one word: Adderall. Go to a doctor if you're unsure, have more questions or want an estimate of your dosage.
Another distraction is your own mind. Anxiety or stress.
Let's look at this chart:
Anxiety always goes up the longer we postpone a task, so all you need to do is just fucking start.
A thing I do when I have to do something is count to 3 and get up, easy as that.
Of course, starting the task will give you more anxiety (which is why those jagged lines are there), but after that, it's all going down after that.
You see your task, you see the goal, you get motivated. It's all about keeping the discipline from that point, and the methods I just mentioned here are the easiest fucking path to success.
This doesn't only apply to work, it's for everything you do in life, even looksmaxxing.
So get off your ass, get off that phone and start working towards your future.
(Here are some other articles that you can read for further investigation:
https://www.elevate-wellnesscollective.com/blog/overcoming-procrastination-evidence-based-strategies
https://asana.com/resources/tips-stop-procrastinating
https://www.portagepath.org/procrastination-demystified/
BTW, Any feedback will be greatly appreciated. Thank you!)
"Procrastination is the act of unnecessarily delaying or postponing something despite knowing that there could be negative consequences for doing so. It is a common human experience involving delays in everyday chores or even putting off tasks such as attending an appointment, submitting a job report or academic assignment, or broaching a stressful issue with a partner. It is often perceived as a negative trait due to its hindering effect on one's productivity, associated with depression, low self-esteem, guilt, and feelings of inadequacy."
For many years, I've struggled with it, and even if sometimes I overcome it, it comes back.
So, how can we fight it?
There are many methods, and many causes too.
Causes:
And what you're here for:
The methods:
Set specific and realistic goals:
Most of us when we think of goals, we think of reaching the stars, which I'm not judging, we all want to do so. But, some people view the path to their goals as one continuous line, and once they start making progress, they look at what's left (which in their perspective is a lot if they are doing it all at once), and lose motivation.
What you want to do is to set smaller goals, that still lead to that final one, and you don't need to rush them, take your time. What this does is it makes the task feel less daunting, and once you achieve a small goal, you feel accomplished way more often than not dividing them, which makes you keep going. It feels so much nicer.
Another thing is always setting the hardest task as the first task. That way you're motivated to do the rest as they get easier and easier, and then you get your so precious reward.
Maximize your enjoyment:
This one's a pretty common method when it comes to topics like these. A study by Wohl, Pychyl, and Bennett in 2010 found that students were less likely to procrastinate on tasks they found enjoyable. Techniques such as pairing tasks with enjoyable activities/rewards or varying work environments can enhance task enjoyment and motivation by considerable amounts. Just be careful to not over-hype the prize, or making it be something huge. Small tasks, small rewards, but way more enjoyment.
Eliminate distractions:
This one's pretty obvious. When you're about to do a task, put your electronics away, and if you're using them to do your task, mute your notifications and don't look at any other apps unless really important. If you can't control yourself, there's apps that block them for you.
Another thing that could cause procrastination is having a disorder like ADHD. In this case, there's threads you can go through here that have some pretty solid info, I recommend looking around in BOTB (Best Of The Best) to see if there's anything, but I'll summarize most of them in one word: Adderall. Go to a doctor if you're unsure, have more questions or want an estimate of your dosage.
Another distraction is your own mind. Anxiety or stress.
Let's look at this chart:
Anxiety always goes up the longer we postpone a task, so all you need to do is just fucking start.
A thing I do when I have to do something is count to 3 and get up, easy as that.
Of course, starting the task will give you more anxiety (which is why those jagged lines are there), but after that, it's all going down after that.
You see your task, you see the goal, you get motivated. It's all about keeping the discipline from that point, and the methods I just mentioned here are the easiest fucking path to success.
This doesn't only apply to work, it's for everything you do in life, even looksmaxxing.
So get off your ass, get off that phone and start working towards your future.
(Here are some other articles that you can read for further investigation:
https://www.elevate-wellnesscollective.com/blog/overcoming-procrastination-evidence-based-strategies
https://asana.com/resources/tips-stop-procrastinating
https://www.portagepath.org/procrastination-demystified/
BTW, Any feedback will be greatly appreciated. Thank you!)
