DO NOT PROCRASTINATE GUIDE

Step #1: Discard Catastrophizing Yourself

One of the solid objectives of why people procrastinate is that they make the problem bigger than it would really be. People see these tasks as boring and unbearable to do, so they usually avoid it. In this step, we must go through and access the task immediately, so that we can get rid of that “frustrating” task as soon as possible.

Step #2 Focus on the purpose

In this step, we should concentrate on why we are doing the task and what are the benefits that we gain for doing it. For example, if we do not wash the dishes before the next meal, we would extra dishes after. By having a purpose in each task, we can develop a more responsible and healthy behavior.

Step #3 Make a schedule of your tasks

Making a calendar of your tasks and interests may allow you to develop a structure of your time. By making this, you can do both your projects and hobbies under a flexible schedule that will allow you to not stress or be anxious about it.

Step #4 Make realistic assumptions

Some of these projects rely on longer periods of time; we have to assume reality and make extra time for these tasks in order to be successful.

Step #5 Break task into little tasks

Some tasks require a lot of work, which is usually overwhelming and stressful dealing with it all at once. These steps suggest that we should divide the task into smaller parts. For example. For students, reading multiple books at once can be really overwhelming and frustrating. We can take the initiative of having into account how many books we have to read and divide it to read a chapter of each book per day and make a study plan for each. Dividing task into smaller parts saves stress and anxiety that is spent later.

Step #6 Get rid of excuses

Excuses make the task longer and therefore, generates anxiety and stress for leaving it for later. Excuses such as “I need to be in the mood” are ways of delaying the project and even lose interest.

Step #7 Reach to someone else

Getting someone to remind and help you during your journey of eliminating procrastination would make to appreciate the true value of responsibility. Making plans and staying on track with that partner, will likely be a useful method to crush procrastination.

Step #8 Improve and reform your environment

An improved and reformed environment can allow you to spend all your potential on the task. An improvement example would be having all the necessary tools for that specific task, such as academic tools and technology. For a reformed environment example, would be a place with a high chance of no potential distraction. Other measures for having low chances of distractions may be keeping the phone away, etc.

Step #9 Get yourself a reward

Establish a reward that you will obtain after the task is complete. Having rewards after a completed task may motivate the desire to keep going forward to the next task.

Step #10 Forgive yourself

Blaming yourself will not be the solution for your procrastination, instead we can use this to our advantage and contemplate the past of why we avoided the task. Self-forgiving may give rise to develop a lesson of why we should not rely on procrastination.