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Solve Your Procrastination Problem by Dividing Your Day Into Quarters

Solve Your Procrastination Problem by Dividing Your Day Into Quarters

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The problem

The problem

We tend to think of a day as this single block of time, a finite period during which you can either triumph or fail. But you might find you have fewer bad days—and more good ones—if you start think of a single day as something that can be divided up into smaller segments of time.

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Visualize your day like a basketball game

Visualize your day like a basketball game

If you’ve been watching the NBA playoffs, you understand that ample ground can be made up in a short matter of time, even if it looks like you’ve already lost. While sports analogies might seem overly simplistic, thinking of your day as four distinct quarters can help you stay on track as time races by.

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Fail small, not big

Fail small, not big

Instead of feeling that you’ve blown the day and thinking, “I’ll get back on track tomorrow,” try thinking of each day as a set of four quarters: morning, midday, afternoon, evening. If you blow one quarter, you get back on track for the next quarter.

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The idea

The idea

The idea here is to accept that failure is a given. Nobody walks through life (or embarks on a career path) without stumbling unexpectedly. Thinking of the day in terms of quarters normalizes the inevitability of failure and the idea that you still have a chance to recover—because there’s always another quarter to make up lost ground.

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