Do You Procrastinate your Life Away?
Henrik in "The Positivity Blog" suggests telling yourself, "ok, only work for 2 minutes on this task today, then you can finish it another day". If 2 minutes does not get you started, then try 1 minute. The task should be done at a relaxed pace. Stay calm, relaxed and don't put any requirements into it. Make the start as easy as you can.
The success he gets with this method is this: He starts at a relaxed, non-stressed pace, and continues for the two minutes. The result is that he generally works past the two minutes and gets quite a bit more work accomplished.
When you approach a task with minimal effort, it ceases to appear big, hard, and insurmountable.
If you are interested in this check out: http://www.mindtools.com/pages/article/newHTE_99.h...
"You don't have to see the whole staircase, just take the first step!"
Martin Luther King Jr.
PS I am going to be using this method today, only I will be using the kitchen timer to time the 2 minutes. What are your thoughts on that? Do you procrastinate with everything or just a task or two now and then? What are some of the remedies you use to get moving?
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This is a GREAT idea. I find that I work better under pressure so I guess that means I'm one of those procrastinators. LOL. I'll have to try this technique.
For me one of the biggest procrastination promoters is our WA Email Inbox. Sometimes when I'm working something new on my site or doing our homework assignment (Certification or Bootcamp training) I will move over to my WA Inbox to catch up.
I've come to understand that this is a form of procrastination disguised as making progress. I think it's emotional relief from the tension created by wondering if I'll ever understand this stuff enough to be successful.
I keep telling myself that rank watching and inbox sorting are not the priority, but I hate the feeling of being buried by WA emails. I've altered my account settings to reduce my inbox glut, but should do so even more to limit my tendency to procrastinate in this manner.
Yes we, all procrastinate, if it's something that definitely needs to be done I start on it 1st thing and pretty soon I have my "mojo" working and won't stop until it's complete...
"The things that are easy to do; are also easy not to do"
Procrastinator No. 1, that's me. I love checking the blogs in my inbox, I tend to put the course lessons for later.....(sigh).
I guess we all do sometimes a bit of procrastinating. Some tasks are easier to do then others.
In my case it also depends how I feel each day, emotionally and mentally, go with the flow is my mantra. LOL
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Great post