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Procrastination
It's the worst thing you can do to your mind. it's a loop in which keep delaying your thoughts and actions for some momentary pleasure or satisfaction but give your mind future stress or anxiety.
People say that it is good only when done for a short period of time to rediscover yourself and the peace of mind. Longer duration of procrastination stalls on ability to think and act as you are a prey to a vicious circle of same repetitive thoughts with a disclaimer of not being able to fulfill them. This limits your brain to keep new thoughts/ future plans at bay developing a sense of irritability.
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Dealing With It!
A good way of dealing with this particular problem is to draw a to-do list and also kind of direct your energy from all those unwanted thoughts that happen to circle your mind into a force full energy where you kind of get back to your courage and you're ready to put your efforts into the activit...
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Adverse consequences
Procrastination leads to two primary consequences.
- It's stressful to keep putting off important tasks and failing to meet your goals.
- Procrastination often involves delaying important health behaviors, such as taking up exercise or visiting a doctor.
Push Past Procrastination
Focusing on worrying instead of solving your problems can become a form of procrastination. Plus, putting off responsibilities that you need to take care will only add to your worries.
Push past procrastination by making a list of all of the things that you need to get done...
Procrastination: why we struggle to start
Procrastination is delaying an intended course of action despite expecting negative consequences for the delay.
Possible causes for procrastination:
- Task unpleasantness. Boring, frustrating and aversive tasks.
- Se...
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