Solving Procrastination

Understand why you procrastinate and how to stop.
By @ItamarShatz, also the author of @Effectiviology.

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Unpacking a large project into small and manageable steps makes you more likely to take action toward completing it.

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"When you have to make a choice and don’t make it, that in itself is a choice." —William James

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The closer in time outcomes are, the more we care about them.

Use this to increase your motivation, by setting immediate rewards for taking action.

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“Don’t wait for extraordinary circumstance to do good; try to use ordinary situations.” — Charles Richter

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If you're about to procrastinate by doing something like opening social media, count to 10 first.

Often, the urge to procrastinate will pass by the time you finish counting, or before.

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The harder it is to procrastinate, the less likely you are to do it.

Take advantage of this by adding friction to your main method of procrastinating.

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“I love deadlines. I love the whooshing noise they make as they go by.” — Douglas Adams

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Give yourself permission to make mistakes.

If you try to do everything perfectly, you'll often end up not doing anything at all.

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Concrete goals are better than vague ones.

Be specific about what you want, and by when you want to achieve it.

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“It is not because things are difficult that we do not dare, it is because we do not dare that they are difficult.” — Seneca

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It's much easier to keep going than to get started.

Help yourself take the first step by making it as tiny and unintimidating as possible.

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Procrastination can feel incredibly isolating, but many people struggle with it, including successful ones.

If you procrastinate, you're not alone.