Procrastinatus
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Procrastination
What is procrastination?
• The avoidance of doing a task which needs to be done postponing until tomorrow what can be done today.
• Procrastination not only affects a person's work, but also
commonly involves feelings such as guilt, inadequacy,
self-disgust, stress and depression.
• Often we try to disguise our avoidance by being very
busy doing things that may be interesting, and even
useful, but don't contribute towards the main goal - even
doing something we normally hate – sorting out your bed
room.
The relaxed type
• The relaxed type of procrastinators view
their responsibilities negatively and avoid
them by directing energy into other tasks.
It is common, for example, for relaxed type
procrastinating children to abandon
schoolwork but not their social lives. This
type of procrastination is a form of denial.
The procrastinator avoids situations that
would cause displeasure, indulging
instead in more enjoyable activities.
Help!
Accept that there is no magic wand:
you will have to do the task!
Feeling wordsTry changing the words "have to" and "can't"
to
"choose to" and "choose not to" –
this won't always be true, but it will probably be
more honest most of the time.
After all, you don't have to do the work, you
choose to do it.
• Identify goals and make realistic decisions
about how to do the tasks, and prioritise.
Ensure that you have the right equipment,
information etc. to help in tackling the task.
Some time spent in preparation and planning is
vital
• Break down tasks into manageable
bits.
• Set yourself small goals –
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to read one chapter
to write 1 page
to work for 45 minutes,
take a 15 minute break
• and then do another 45 minutes work.
• Boost your motivation. Dwell on your
strengths, on tasks you have
accomplished and feel good about, in
order to remind yourself that you can be
successful.
• Give yourself rewards when you
accomplish something.
Some thoughts……….
Waiting is a trap. There will always be reasons to wait. The truth is,
there are only two things in life, reasons and results, and reasons
simply don't count. - Dr. Robert Anthony
If you wait until the wind and the weather are just right, you
will never plant anything and never harvest anything. - Bible
A wise person does at once, what a fool does at last. Both do the
same thing; only at different times. - Lord Acton
Don't put off till tomorrow what can be enjoyed today. Josh Billings
50% of something is better than 100% of nothing.- The fast and
the Furious-Tokyo Drift
Procrastinatus
There are no excuses!