"Procrastination is the thief of time."
-- Edward Young
I need to take this sentiment to heart! Have you ever had so many things to do that it’s just easier to not do any of them because you don’t know what to do first? Because it’s easier to think about the end instead of the process needed to get there? Because it’s easier to passively read something already written than to actively create something new of your own?
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Yup! Source: Duff McDuffee |
Here are three strategies that have worked for me--when I get around to applying them! Deadlines help: If I know something needs to be done by a certain time, it will get done but without the pressure of a deadline, it’s too easy to put it off and do something else in the meantime. Telling other people my goals also helps as then I feel more accountable for doing things by the time I say they will be done. Writing a list of tasks and then crossing them off as they are completed is another tactic I have used to counter procrastination.
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Suggestions for avoiding procrastination; source: High Performance Lifestyle |