Procrastination is a thief of time and quality. When you procrastinate you rob yourself of the chance to produce things to the highest standard and give yourself a greater chance of failure. Avoidi…
10 WAYS TO STOP PROCRASTINATING:
Procrastination is a thief of time and quality. When you procrastinate you rob yourself of the chance to produce things to the highest standard and give yourself a greater chance of failure.
Avoiding doing a task doesn’t mean it will go away, it just gives you more stress and less time to do it. A lot of people, myself included procrastinate to the point where they’re disappointed at the time (hours, days, months sometimes even years) they’ve wasted because they avoided a task by putting other things & people first. Avoid doing this because you’ll only blame yourself when things aren’t done and you lament over the lost.
How to stop procrastinating:
Make to-do lists and set deadlines
Remind yourself this task will not go away
Put your phone on flight mode and delete apps from your phone (I do this when I have a ton of stuff to do and I genuinely don’t want to speak to anyone)
Remember time is of the essence and there is no time better than now to start doing things. Life never stops there’s always something else being thrown at you
What will the consequences be if this task is not completed.
Do things in small steps because big tasks are overwhelming.
Tell people what you have to do, it will make you more accountable because others will know and pester you if you have not finished.
I like to finish the harder tasks first or at least early on as this makes me feel productive. This minimizes my stress levels so that if I do end up procrastinating, I will only have a small chunk left.
Self-doubt steals more joy and dreams than failure ever will. Today I want to talk about self-doubt because it is a destructive trait. There’s no way to sugar-coat it or dress it up. ItR…
Everyone doubts themselves from time to time, here’s a motivating post on how to deal with these doubts.
“Caring for myself is not self-indulgence, it is self-preservation, and that is an act of political warfare.”
Audre Lorde
(Do what you gotta do to take care of yourself the next couple of days. Family time is important, and so is self-care. Merry Christmas to all and to all a good night. Love you all.)
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