A Simple Tip to Help You Beat Procrastination: Anyone Can Do It

24.02.2024 14:51

How often, instead of turning in an important project, studying for an exam, talking to your parents, or any other similar event, do you find yourself doing a lot of other, less important things that are unrelated to the main task?

Each person's to-do list can be very individual and contain many items.

Even if you have only one such item on your list, it can still prevent you from functioning normally. What to do? You need to fight this unpleasant phenomenon.

It is called “procrastination” and means constantly putting off unpleasant thoughts and actions for later.

There are a few simple tips that will help you fight procrastination, one of which – perhaps the most effective – we will share with you today.

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The recommendation is to do one thing you don't like doing immediately after waking up.

Make sure the first item on your to-do list is at least one small, unpleasant task. For example, calling a plumber or calling a client you don't like very much.

In this case, your to-do list will be one item smaller, and the burden on your soul will be lighter.

Earlier we talked about how to cope with anxiety before an important event.

Author: Elena Shimanovskaya Editor of Internet resources