Conquer Procrastination!
Ok I’ve been having this problem with procrastination and work. They don’t supervise me, give me deadlines, or make me report anything to them. Today I followed through on a solution which I found yesterday.
Why do we procrastinate?
1) “I’m being forced to do the task.”
2) “I want it to be perfect, but don’t want to dedicate the time. If I waitto the last minute I have an excuse for a crappy job.” (May be a subconscious thought.)
3) “I’m intimidated by the task.”
4) “It’s no fun, and unrewarding, not to mention it's time consuming.”
Let’s go through these in order:
1) No one’s got you at gun point day in and day out forcing you to do this. Just like you choose wake up in the morning, you can choose not to do this. If you’re not happy with where your life is at, choose to change it.
2) If you start now you will have TONS of time to perfect it. Generally speaking, you’ll get more satisfaction from perfecting it opposed to doing a half ass job because the deadline was at 8am and u started at midnight. We are also human, no one is perfect, and perfections is a matter of perception.
3) Ok, let’s not think of it as one task; let’s think of it as a bunch of small ones. Go ahead, make a list of small things that you need to do for the task, as small as you can make them within reason. Do just a few of these at a time and before you know it it’ll be done.
4) Ok fun is fun right? So let’s plan our fun, and then we’ll plan our work. How about I get that thing I’ve wanted once I pass that milestone. Yes it’s time consuming, but we are choosing to do it right? So how about after I do 30 minutes of work I’ll have earned my supper. This is self rewarding, it’s easy and takes minimal discipline. Everything feels better enjoying when you know you've earned and deserve it.
Well, there are some ideas.
What I did:
First I wrote down a few things on a piece of paper “I don’t have to do this, I’ve chosen to do this.” “It can be perfect if I start now, I’ll have lots of time.” “1hr work yields 20min play.” Then I wrote down a list, of like 30-40 things I needed to do for the project; it’s all small easy stuff! I then decided I wanted to have the last 2 hours of the day off, so I worked the first 6, I gave myself my normal break, 15min, and 15min for a makeshift lunch break(I normally eat as I work.) And I found I got really bored at least once an hour, so I gave myself 2 min to play an arcade game only once per hour.
What did I accomplish today? 6 hours work, more then I’ve done in the past 3-4 weeks. It wasn’t overly boring; I got things done and am really proud of myself. :D :P
Yes, 25% of my day is wasted, but then again, they’re taxing me 30% of my income! I say it’s justified.
You are the boss of you, empower yourself and do something for you. Be strong! Don't wait!
:]
Comments?
Success stories welcome.
What I read yesterday to cause all this:
http://www.dexterity.com/articles/overcoming-procrastination.htm
Why do we procrastinate?
1) “I’m being forced to do the task.”
2) “I want it to be perfect, but don’t want to dedicate the time. If I waitto the last minute I have an excuse for a crappy job.” (May be a subconscious thought.)
3) “I’m intimidated by the task.”
4) “It’s no fun, and unrewarding, not to mention it's time consuming.”
Let’s go through these in order:
1) No one’s got you at gun point day in and day out forcing you to do this. Just like you choose wake up in the morning, you can choose not to do this. If you’re not happy with where your life is at, choose to change it.
2) If you start now you will have TONS of time to perfect it. Generally speaking, you’ll get more satisfaction from perfecting it opposed to doing a half ass job because the deadline was at 8am and u started at midnight. We are also human, no one is perfect, and perfections is a matter of perception.
3) Ok, let’s not think of it as one task; let’s think of it as a bunch of small ones. Go ahead, make a list of small things that you need to do for the task, as small as you can make them within reason. Do just a few of these at a time and before you know it it’ll be done.
4) Ok fun is fun right? So let’s plan our fun, and then we’ll plan our work. How about I get that thing I’ve wanted once I pass that milestone. Yes it’s time consuming, but we are choosing to do it right? So how about after I do 30 minutes of work I’ll have earned my supper. This is self rewarding, it’s easy and takes minimal discipline. Everything feels better enjoying when you know you've earned and deserve it.
Well, there are some ideas.
What I did:
First I wrote down a few things on a piece of paper “I don’t have to do this, I’ve chosen to do this.” “It can be perfect if I start now, I’ll have lots of time.” “1hr work yields 20min play.” Then I wrote down a list, of like 30-40 things I needed to do for the project; it’s all small easy stuff! I then decided I wanted to have the last 2 hours of the day off, so I worked the first 6, I gave myself my normal break, 15min, and 15min for a makeshift lunch break(I normally eat as I work.) And I found I got really bored at least once an hour, so I gave myself 2 min to play an arcade game only once per hour.
What did I accomplish today? 6 hours work, more then I’ve done in the past 3-4 weeks. It wasn’t overly boring; I got things done and am really proud of myself. :D :P
Yes, 25% of my day is wasted, but then again, they’re taxing me 30% of my income! I say it’s justified.
You are the boss of you, empower yourself and do something for you. Be strong! Don't wait!
:]
Comments?
Success stories welcome.
What I read yesterday to cause all this:
http://www.dexterity.com/articles/overcoming-procrastination.htm
posted by Me at 11:38 p.m.
5 Comments:
hehe
Bah, 11pm is no excuse. Look at me I'm commenting on my blogs at 12!!! lol
*shakes his own hand*
Great blog sykon! Very helpful indeed! I decided to write my own post on procrastination too and added a few of my own thoughts, thanks once again!
Thanks. Nice to see people I'm assosiated with in no way whatsoever enjoy my work. At least I think I dont know you.
:) just to confirm, I don't think I know you either...I just woke up this morning and thought "let me search on blogs on procrastination" This is because I had a poor weekend and needed a little pep talk, your blog was just what I needed. ;)
Cool. Time for me to pep talk myself now into another 6 hours work.
lol
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