
What is procrastination? According to Wikipedia, “Procrastination is the practice of doing more pleasurable things
in place of less pleasurable ones, or carrying out less urgent tasks instead of
more urgent ones, thus putting off impending tasks to a later time. Sometimes, procrastination
takes place until the "last minute" before a deadline.” For me, I
would give similar definition like that “it is the process of delay doing one
task due to the inability to do it or the feeling of less importance of it.
Procrastination happens to everyone and I believe
that it is really difficult to kill such behavior. It needs the strong commitment
and continuous practice to reduce it. Before we can find solution to reduce
such behavior, first we should know the root cause first.
Based on my experience, there are TWO root
causes making me to delay doing my tasks. First, it is related to the knowledge
in order to perform the tasks well. Because I want the perfect result, I usually
tell myself that “I should do more research on related topic so that I can do
my tasks very well.” And sometimes, I tell myself that “it is ok”. Thus, I waste
my time to do useless things like surfing internet to get more idea (in deed it
is not related to my tasks). Sometimes, I spend time playing Facebook and game.
Finally, the deadline comes and I still feel I could not do the tasks
perfectly. The second root cause is that I don’t put much important on the
tasks. This makes me feel bored and don’t like what is I am doing. Thus, I just
use my time to do another thing that I like and I end up doing nothing for the
main tasks. This is what I experienced before and I hope you can find it useful
for you though you may experience the difference.

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Planning a head: write
down what we should do today in the morning.
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Prioritization: list down
what is important and what should do first.
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Review the result: check
out what we have achieved at the end of the day. Explore whether we have put
off any important tasks or not.
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Relax and seek
consultant: if you feel really bored with the tasks, relax and do what is your
hobbies. And if you still feel not well yet, seek consultant from your supervisor
or people you trusted.
No one is perfect and no one can avoid
procrastination. If we can practice reducing such bad habit regularly, one day
we can kill it and build the good habit in me. What we need the most is “Commitment”.
Let’s reduce procrastination together.
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