Zen Habits is one of my favorite blogs to follow. Yesterday Leo had a very simple, easy to digest “Dead Simple Guide to Beating Procrastination” and I think it’s highly worthwhile to share with you. Spreading good karma is easier when you are in a good place personally. For instance, if you feel as though you have accomplished something, chances are you will feel more inclined to help someone else achieve a goal.
Leo points out something important though: procrastination isn’t always a bad thing. But if you find yourself in a situation where you just NEED to get something done, any one of these ten steps can help.
So I am taking the advice and I am getting this post up before I do anything else today. It will mean I need to stay a little later at work to get my full day’s worth of projects done, but the reward is that I am posting, when I have been slacking lately. Specifically #8 has helped me in this instance, because when I think about what Karma Cooler is all about, I’d hate to leave people hanging when they could benefit from dropping in here and find ways to help themselves and help other people.
Is there anything in your life that you always seem to procrastinate when you should really just get to it?
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Thank you for the wake-up call. I need it too!
I’ve been condoning structured procrastination lately. I’m supposed to complete the ISO audit for the Company but have been finding every possible excuse to avoid it. I do fully realise the reason behind it but whatever said and done, it should not be an excuse to procrastinate in the first place|!
i think ISO audits are a completely different animal altogether LOL
I often have this problem. Thank you for posting this. And I hope you are enjoying the ProBlogger challenge! By the way, could I recomend you to make your comments larger font? I can barely read them!
of course, thank you for that recommendation… i’m going to look into that right now.
Finding something exciting about a task is a great tip. Visualizing the reward at the end of the task and the feeling associated with it works for me. A bit of psyche up dance, exercise, clapping or yelling yeah yeah helps as well!
a celebratory dance can be fun too!! i think you bring up some good points – it’s very easy to get caught up in feeling overwhelmed by the task but if you can step outside that and encourage yourself in some way it can lead to massive productivity