Hello Steemians,
Today we'll discussing on a common struggle everyone faces - Procrastination. How do we overcome procrastination and increase our productivity?
What is Procrastination?
It's the action of delaying or postponing something.
Procrastination result from delaying, postponing or shifting an activity from the time it's supposed to be done to a latter time or day as a result of laziness.
What we must all know is, procrastination is a life struggle and everybody is guilty of it. However, The important thing is what we do when faced with it, that's what matters the most.
"Never put off till tomorrow what may be done day after tomorrow just as well.”
In the post, i want to share the strategies/techniques that can help in overcoming procrastination at work, steemit and in our daily lives. If you find yourself constantly procrastinating, use these strategies, it works for me, it should for you too
1. Write down your goal and give yourself a deadline
What i usually do is set my goals for the day and write it down as a form of reminder. Doing this will help me know what to do and at the right time to do it. A day without set out plan or goal and deadline will set in laziness and lead to procrastination as you will always postpone what you are supposed to do at a given time. Setting deadlines gives you a time frame to accomplish your daily plans and goals.
2. Avoiding Distractions
In the process of carrying out an activity, distractions would certainly come in, it can in form of, the addiction to social media like Facebook, Twitter, from friends, temption from games or movies. To make your day more productive, you've to eliminate the things that interferes with you accomplishing the task set for the day. What often cause procrastination is, distractions and lack of focus. Let's identify our distractions and do well to cut it off.
3. Take breaks
Sometimes, in the process of undergoing a task or activity, we become bored as a result of repeatedly performing a similar activity. When faced with boredom in undertaking a task, we should take a break. It could be a 5 -10 min break by stretching our legs, a 10 min mediation or something that makes us feel relieved. Also we should not fail to discipline ourself when taking breaks and not let it stop us from accomplishing the task or goal set for the day.
4. Learn to prioritize
If faced with a intimidating or challenging task that looks bulky or difficult to accomplish, we not fail to learn to prioritize it. What should be done, is to break it down according to it's importance. Then take it one after the other, Little by little, till you get the task done. In that way, you've successfully avoided procrastination.
Procrastination is a great killer of time, everyone should avoid and try to overcome it. They say time waits for no one, so don't give procrastination a chance, as sometimes it can be very deadly.
It's not easy to overcome especially you're very use to it. However you can try to start by taking action. Following the above techniques/strategies will greatly help in reducing procrastination and improving your productivity here on steemit and in our daily lives.
When faced with procrastination, the best thing to do, is to take action. Do it now!
Thanks for Reading
