BEST WAYS TO OVERCOME PROCRASTINATION

Procrastination can be a major problem for some people at their home, workplace, and even at schools or universities. Psychologists long have been probing the reasons behind procrastination to better understand this phenomenon further and assist people in overcoming this.

Studies have findings that reveal the fact while it has short-term benefits to procrastination, but this often leads to enduring excessive stress and additional ailment. The conclusion is that procrastination is a lower self-esteem an act that tends to create more problems if it is not initially resolved.

In this article, Delhi's eminent Psychologist Shivani Misri Sadhoo talks about the best ways to overcome procrastination.

Recognizing How One Procrastinate

It may take several forms. Often one may not even realize that they are procrastinating. Examine one’s daily practices in determining how one is procrastinating in order to put a stop to these practices.

The most common way behind procrastinating is through shifting focus from the main task to another task the reason being that one simply doesn’t want to finish the one task before another one. There might be other reasons too like one may also be procrastinating when one spends a lot of time on social media platforms filling one's time with insignificant activities, or even waiting to be in the right set of mood or waiting for conditions as per one's mood to tackle a task.

Recognizing Why One Procrastinate

One must recognize the fact that why one is procrastinating so that one can change their mindset. Why one is procrastinating could be a critical element in determining more on the reason for how one is procrastinating.

Some of the common reasons for procrastinating is not enjoying the task at hand, being disorderly, or being flabbergasted by the size and impact of the task, or fearful of getting success. Often being a perfectionist may be the main reason for procrastination, including poor decision-making ability too.

Studies have revealed the findings that the primary causes behind procrastination may not be due to the fact that they were lazy or disobedient, instead the reason being that the vast majority of procrastinators do it so because of being hostile to an assigned the task, delaying the task, being impulsive, or due to lack of motivation and lack of discipline.

Forgiving Oneself

When one thinks of stopping procrastinating, one must have to forgive the self for procrastinating that they have done in their past. Most importantly one should admit this fact that one has been procrastinating, then gradually start self-forgiving and look to move forward and progress further in self-development.

While it can be quite tough to forgive one for procrastinating even if one has to put off something really vital that has caused them greater problems to handle and handle stress. Though, it is important to be forgiving to oneself. And If one doesn’t do it, it is likely to make one continue procrastinating due to being in a state of self-defeat and disappointments.

Committing Oneself To The Task

Try to commit yourself to get the task completed first. This seems like a simple way from stop procrastinating, still sometimes committing oneself to an assigned task that one has been long avoiding which can be pretty hard. But one must accept this fact that you have the task that has to accomplished, and do simple yet effective steps to get it finished.

When one commits self to get the tasks accomplished that one has been long avoiding, then one realizes that they can no longer procrastinate. And, by doing this, one is putting self in a new mindset that might help on being more productive.

Rewarding Self

Simply putting it is important to self-reward for a job or task well accomplished, and it is the greatest and simplest way to self-motivate to get difficult tasks completed. These rewards don't have to be enormous. For example, if someone has long wanting to see a specific movie or buy something, decide that when the assigned job is completed it becomes a form of self-award that the movie can be watched and gift bought.

One may use smaller rewards. For instance, you could tell self that if the task is completed, one will spend 60 minutes playing one’s desired game.