Helpful Tips to Overcome Procrastination


Many among us, on many instances, have the habit of puttingaside to a later time or day some things that needs to be doneor acted upon like a project, work, job, or duty. For purposesof discussion, we will confine ourselves to procrastination onrepair works typically at home. It equates to othercircumstances as well.

Procrastination is one habit that is hard to beat. Weprocrastinate for various reasons:

1. When we think that the work that needs to be done canafford to wait or be delayed.

2. When we are busy with something else we think is moreimportant.

3. When we do not like the work involved or when it isdifficult to do.

4. When we are not sure if the work that needs to be donewill be effective.

5. When the things needed in the work are not yet availableor incomplete.

6. When we forget about it.

And many other reasons like laziness or a combination of theabove.

Hard to beat as it is, we stand to gain more and virtuallyloose nothing if we overturn this habit.

Check out these helpful tips:

1. When we think that a work can afford to be delayed, it canalso afford not to be delayed. By having the work done withoutfurther delay, we feel a sigh of relief making the load of workon our back lesser or lighter, which eventually makes us feelbetter.

2. After being busy with something more important and you havetime to spare, this spare time can be used to attend to thethings on the pending list.

3. Delaying work that is difficult makes the work even moredifficult. A leak on the roof may not be harmful if it doesn'train; but once it rains, water goes into the house resultingin wet floors and carpets and eventually, the extent ofdamage could be more than can be imagined.

4. When we are not sure if work that needs to be done will beeffective, we must seek advice from people who are moreknowledgeable on this field. Procrastinating won't help.

5. Delayed work due to incomplete materials will remain delayedunless we fill in the incomplete items. Again, procrastinatingwon't help.

6. Make a list of all pending work in the house and post it onthe refrigerator door to constantly remind us about them.

Bottom line is:

We may feel lazy at times and tend to delay some work thatneeds our attention. It's understandable that 'starting' toget a job done is the most difficult part, but once you havestarted, half of the job is already done and the second halfwill be easy.

Every time you feel like procrastinating, picture yourself asthe job that needs to be done - like a prisoner whereinjustice being delayed results to justice being denied.

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