"If you struggle with procrastination, read this"
| Psychology Thread
| Psychology Thread
There is nothing wrong with you, human beings have been procrastinating for centuries.
When it’s your instant gratification vs long-term payoff, instant gratification usually wins.
When it’s your instant gratification vs long-term payoff, instant gratification usually wins.
Don't let procrastination hold you back from achieving your goals.
But it's crucial to find a balance and take steps towards your long-term aspirations.
But it's crucial to find a balance and take steps towards your long-term aspirations.
But If you think deeply, procrastination is the reason for all our miseries, retirement vs new phone, donut vs Lean body (in 1 year).
Let’s develop a mindset and learn few 'Hacks' to fight it.
Let’s develop a mindset and learn few 'Hacks' to fight it.
1. Temptation Bundling
Bundle a behavior that is good for you in the long run with a behavior that feels good in the short run.
Example:
- Only listen to the music you love while exercising
- Watch TV only while doing household chores.
Bundle a behavior that is good for you in the long run with a behavior that feels good in the short run.
Example:
- Only listen to the music you love while exercising
- Watch TV only while doing household chores.
2. Make procrastination painful
You can use tools like stickK to get skin in the game.
If you don't do what you say you'll do, then the Money Goes to a Charity You Hate.
You can use tools like stickK to get skin in the game.
If you don't do what you say you'll do, then the Money Goes to a Charity You Hate.
3. Eliminate Distractions & temptation
Delete time-consuming apps & hide your TV. You need to take it/reinstall every time you want to watch/use it
Create a investment plan where some money goes on the day you get paid
Get yourself voluntarily banned on gaming websites
Delete time-consuming apps & hide your TV. You need to take it/reinstall every time you want to watch/use it
Create a investment plan where some money goes on the day you get paid
Get yourself voluntarily banned on gaming websites
4. Two-Minute Rule
You really want something in life – work for 2 mins every day on it.
Whenever you feel like not doing it, just do it for 2 mins, and after that, if you don’t feel like you can stop.
More often you will go further than 2 mins.
You really want something in life – work for 2 mins every day on it.
Whenever you feel like not doing it, just do it for 2 mins, and after that, if you don’t feel like you can stop.
More often you will go further than 2 mins.
5. The Power of Decision Elimination
Making decisions over & over again will drain your willpower. So:
- Automate your daily tasks
- Eliminate worthless activities
- Make repetitive decisions that support your goal
- Avoid The Moment Of “Maybe”
Use tools like freedom(dot)to
Making decisions over & over again will drain your willpower. So:
- Automate your daily tasks
- Eliminate worthless activities
- Make repetitive decisions that support your goal
- Avoid The Moment Of “Maybe”
Use tools like freedom(dot)to
6. Fasting and meditation
The ancients knew and they frequently use fasting and meditation to focus their minds.
Nothing focuses your mind like these two.
Remember ‘Constraints are a Good Thing’
The ancients knew and they frequently use fasting and meditation to focus their minds.
Nothing focuses your mind like these two.
Remember ‘Constraints are a Good Thing’
7. Establish routine, set goals & execute
You live your life on autopilot because you don't know what to do with your life.
Read the book "Live Intentionally" to change your
- habits,
- daily routine,
- mindset,
- become strong and
Instant access👇
gumroad.com
You live your life on autopilot because you don't know what to do with your life.
Read the book "Live Intentionally" to change your
- habits,
- daily routine,
- mindset,
- become strong and
Instant access👇
gumroad.com
8. Prioritize
Make a point of completing the most important or time-sensitive tasks first.
Get the difficult stuff out of the way first, so that everything else seems more achievable.
Make a point of completing the most important or time-sensitive tasks first.
Get the difficult stuff out of the way first, so that everything else seems more achievable.
9. Set Deadlines
A deadline is a negative inspiration. Still, it's better than no inspiration at all.
Get things done in advance so that you have time if something unexpected happens.
A deadline is a negative inspiration. Still, it's better than no inspiration at all.
Get things done in advance so that you have time if something unexpected happens.
10. Take a break
Research has found that taking a break can be very beneficial for you & your work.
A study by Korpela, Kinnunen, Geurts, de Bloom, & Sianoja found that taking breaks and detaching from work, increases levels of energy at work and decreases exhaustion.
Research has found that taking a break can be very beneficial for you & your work.
A study by Korpela, Kinnunen, Geurts, de Bloom, & Sianoja found that taking breaks and detaching from work, increases levels of energy at work and decreases exhaustion.
11. Take a Walk
A study from Stanford University showed that when people tackled mental tasks that required imagination,
walking led to more creative thinking and better productivity.
Remember - “Movement is medicine”
A study from Stanford University showed that when people tackled mental tasks that required imagination,
walking led to more creative thinking and better productivity.
Remember - “Movement is medicine”
12. Forgive Yourself
Forgive yourself for the past procrastination and start new, with a clean slate.
Do not waste time in regretting what has happened in the past.
Trust me, it was not easy, especially in this new digital age of distractions.
Forgive yourself for the past procrastination and start new, with a clean slate.
Do not waste time in regretting what has happened in the past.
Trust me, it was not easy, especially in this new digital age of distractions.
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