Overcoming procrastination and becoming the Accomplisher.

byMsT

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11 years ago

Are you the kind of person that gets side tracked with distractions? Have you found yourself wondering where all the time went and not feel like you have accomplished what you set out to do?

I have to force myself to avoid distractions. Often I find myself saying I work best under pressure. Needless to say I recognize its the time limit that motivates. Sure I can leave an assignment until I have to pull an all nighter to tie up loose end, but who really wants to put that kind of pressure on yourselves?

I am learning the benefits of mapping out a time frame and setting myself mini challenges. Practising completing things with a deadline in mind. It is so much more gratifying to complete a task or project on schedule than to feel the unnecessary weight and disappointment that procrastination tends to leave you feeling. You end up under more pressure and stressed and perhaps not doing your best work.

Nowadays I challenge myself to have mini goals, some daily, some I expect to complete within a week and other longer term goals. Looking back at all the achievements I have completed I realise the common factor that allowed me to achieve that which I wanted was, creating the expectation, setting a time limit and first and foremost 'having a goal' to work towards and most importantly a date that I wanted to achieve it by.

Every time I have a goal I actually achieved it. If all it takes is creating realistic goals, then I know I can jump out of the vicious circle of procrastination. If YOU want to challenge yourself and begin to realise what you are capable of, try creating your own deadlines and make sure you have your goals established. No more procrastinating. This has helped me break away from my previous habit of putting things off until later. It feels much more satisfying to be an action taker.