Procrastination is pending off the crucial tasks for later. It can be before the deadline or never-ending process of tomorrow and be doing less important things for you. If something seems pleasurable to you, you do it right now, but if something does not get you a want to do it right now, you procrastinate. You do not take immediate action on the needed work is procrastination. Procrastination affects your performance very badly because always pending your work for tomorrow will lead to average output than an excellent output.
Procrastinators delay the work they need to do and prefer to do it before a day or two of the deadline. They just want to put off their work and do something unnecessary at that particular moment. When you look at the flowchart of the procrastinator their thought for doing things right now is a straight NO.
Procrastinator is for tomorrow that most probably might come or never comes at all.
They do not do their tasks and make excuses and say they are busy doing their work which is not important to them at all.
What can be the causes of procrastination?
1. Fear of failure and or rejection.2. Some task that you need to do right now is too difficult or complex for you to do which you prefer to avoid it.
3. The feeling of laziness and fatigue
4. An unclear vision of how to begin your work
5. If you prefer working at the eleventh hour i.e. at the deadline
6. If you have no interest and feel bored doing your work
7. Distractions.
How can we overcome procrastination?
If you have started procrastinating more and more by putting off your crucial tasks for the future then here are some tips and suggestions for you to overcome your procrastinating behavior:1. Create a To-do list where you will be writing an important task at the top of your list and the low priority work at the end. Try to say Yes, I will do it right now and start your work as per your highly prioritized worklist.
2. Try to overcome your stress by managing your time for something you find pleasurable in between your highly important work. Give some break in the middle of the time so that you do not feel stressed, anxious, bored, or lack interest in your work.
3. Exercise helps you activate. Raw fruits and vegetables keep you healthy. Do it every day and keep you fit and active. It will help you overcome your laziness.
4. Try motivating yourself to complete your urgent work now. Watch, listen, and see something that is also motivating for you which will always help you be positive and inspire you to work better.
Procrastinators need to understand the causes of procrastination and try to overcome it by better self-control over oneself. Focusing on an urgent task with no external distractions and excuses can help you to be an active person and not a procrastinator.