How I Cured My Procrastination…
Summary
- I believe procrastination isn't just laziness; it's often about avoiding anxiety, boredom, or rebelling against authority.
- When faced with a task, if it makes you anxious, you might avoid it because doing it would increase your anxiety.
- If a project is boring or not stimulating, it's easy to procrastinate because you don't find it exciting or engaging.
- Sometimes procrastination is a way of rebelling when someone in authority asks you to do something, and you resist by putting it off as a form of punishment or defiance.
- Understanding these reasons can help you tackle procrastination by addressing the underlying emotions or attitudes driving it.
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How To Take Action
I would suggest starting by recognizing the true reasons behind procrastination. If you're avoiding tasks, try to understand if it's due to anxiety, boredom, or a need to rebel. This awareness is your first step.
For anxiety, break the task into smaller, more manageable parts. Smaller steps can help reduce the overwhelming feeling and make it easier to start. Maybe set a timer for 10 minutes and commit to just starting. Sometimes, that's all it takes to keep going.
If boredom is the issue, try to make the task more engaging. You might mix it with something fun, like playing your favorite music while you work. Or set small rewards for completing parts of the task. It can make things more exciting.
For rebellious feelings, focus on the personal benefits of completing the task. Instead of thinking about who asked you to do it, think about what completing it could bring you, like learning something new or improving your skills. A mindset shift can turn frustration into motivation.
These strategies are low-cost and don't take much time. They just need awareness and a little tweak in how you approach tasks. By addressing the root cause of procrastination, you can work more efficiently and feel better about your accomplishments.
Full Transcript
for somebody who constantly procrastinates they say it's laziness I don't think that's true I think that procrastination there's usually three things you're trying to either avoid anxiety boredom or you're rebelling okay so when somebody needs to do something say your boss says this project at work either one it makes you feel anxious so doing it would cause anxiety second is that it bores you right like it's not stimulating and it's not exciting and so you don't want to engage with it and so if you have a project or something for work but you have this way more exciting thing it's like ah it I'll put that one off cuz I don't really actually like it and then the last one is rebelliousness which is somebody else in an authority manner has like said this is what I would like you to do and you don't want to do it and so what do people do when they Rebel is they just put something off as long as possible to punish the person and so I do think for the most part procrastination is actually just we don't not do something procrastination is usually avoidance of some
