How to stop procrastination?
- Identify what causes you to procrastinate
- Once you have identified WHY you procrastinate, don't think too much about it. This will cause you to regret and waste your present time and the cycle goes on.
- Use the 2-minute rule - If you feel the task can be completed within 2 minutes do it right now. If the task is longer just do it for 5 minutes. (basically, just start)
- Set goals and deadlines
- Avoid distractions
- Make the task easier and more attractive
- Reward yourself
82
443 reads
CURATED FROM
A Guide for People Who Want to Overcome Procrastination and Start Getting Things Done – Solving Procrastination
solvingprocrastination.com
4 ideas
·1.75K reads
IDEAS CURATED BY
Procrastination is a thief of time. These ideas could help you overcome procrastination and lead a productive life.
“
The idea is part of this collection:
Learn more about productivity with this collection
How to make good decisions
How to manage work stress
How to manage email effectively
Related collections
Similar ideas to How to stop procrastination?
Procrastination Paradox
The more time we are given to complete a task, the longer we will take to do it.
This is similar to Parkinson’s Law, which states that “work expands so as to fill the time available for its completion.”
We often procrastinate if we do not set deadlines, especially if t...
The 2-minute rule
The 2-minute rule is a strategy for quickly assessing and taking action on small tasks so they don’t take up too much mental energy.
Ask yourself if a task is going to take you 2 minutes or less. If so, just do it.
Procrastination
Decisive moments set the options available to your future self. A habit must be established before it can be improved.
Habits can be completed in a few seconds but continue to impact your behavior for minutes or hours afterward.
Many habits occur at decisive moments—choices that are l...
Read & Learn
20x Faster
without
deepstash
with
deepstash
with
deepstash
Personalized microlearning
—
100+ Learning Journeys
—
Access to 200,000+ ideas
—
Access to the mobile app
—
Unlimited idea saving
—
—
Unlimited history
—
—
Unlimited listening to ideas
—
—
Downloading & offline access
—
—
Supercharge your mind with one idea per day
Enter your email and spend 1 minute every day to learn something new.
I agree to receive email updates