Procrastination
Do you ever tell yourself “I’ll do it later”? Do you keep putting off that one job until tomorrow? Or Do you decide to do something trivial thinking it’s more important? Then what you are doing is called: Procrastination
What is Procrastination?
Procrastination is where you put off doing a task, in your day to day life, and making an excuse not to do it. This may lead you to find ways to avoid doing the important tasks in your life by doing something trivial instead or choosing to do the task at a later time.
What causes Procrastination?
According to Dr Piers Steele, there are 4 main reasons for what causes procrastination based on our negative emotions towards the task given. These reasons are: not BELIEVING you can do the task, finding no VALUE in the task, losing FOCUS on the task and thinking you have enough time to DELAY the task.
How do I manage Procrastination?
Procrastination can be managed by first working out which issue from those above, is causing it. By working out which one is the cause, you can start managing it by trying out the different strategies below.
Belief
What is Belief (in doing a task)?
Belief is how you feel in your ability to do a task. You may believe a task is too hard for you, too complicated or even impossible.
How do you manage Belief?
In short, here are 3 different strategies for you to try: Spread the Task Out, Break the Task Down OR Consider if you are feeling Anxiety. These strategies are all explained in further detail under the tabs above.
Value
What is Value (in doing a task)?
Value is were you ask yourself, is the task at hand worth doing or not. More specifically, you will find yourself asking: what will I gain from doing a task? why should I spend time doing such a boring task anyway? or even why is it important I do this task in the first place?
How do you find Value?
In short, there are 3 different forms of value you can find in doing a task: Gain, Joy AND Importance. These values are all explained in further detail under the tabs above.
Focus
What is Focus (on doing a task)?
Focus is the ability to concentrate on getting a task done without being distracted by unnecessary things. There are many more unnecessary things to be distracted by in today’s world, technology is a big one.
How do you manage Focus?
In short, here are 3 different strategies for you to try: Increase your Willpower, Decrease the Resistance AND Have Fun Properly. These strategies are all explained in further detail under the tabs above.
Delay
What is Delay (in doing a task)?
Delay (in doing a task) is where you deliberately put off, slow down or hinder yourself from doing a task that should be done now, instead choosing to “do it later”. You may hinder yourself because you don’t like doing the task or that you feel the task is so easy that it can be done at the last minute.
How do you manage Delay(s)?
In short, here are 3 different strategies for you to try: Batching, Prioritisation AND Think about Afterwards. These strategies are all explained in further detail under the tabs above.
Disclaimer
GENERAL
All photos on PROCRASTINATION page are taken from Pixabay OR Unsplash except for the ones stated below:
BELIEF
The "In the Presence of Madness" book pages in the 'Spread the Task Out' section belong to me.
VALUE
The "New Opportunities" picture in the 'Gain' section and the "Think Of the End Result" picture in the 'Joy' section belong to me. All of the pictures in the 'Importance' section except for "What is the Importance..." and "Moving Forwards" also belong to me.