11 Remarkable Ways to Really End Procrastination
Everyone procrastinates, but for about 20 percent of Americans it’s a chronic way of life. Not only can this tick off your boss but it can seriously impact your health and quality of life. Let’s face it … it’s nearly impossible to feel calm and positive when you’re trying to finish a weeks’ worth of work in one day. And if you procrastinate about other matters, such as paying your bills, you’ll be hit with hefty fees as a penalty. Even worse, if you procrastinate about eating healthier and exercising, you’re setting yourself up for chronic disease. Quite simply, procrastinating is not conducive to happiness. So why do so many of us do it? It’s not a matter of time management or even motivation … it’s about our struggle with self-control. We know what we should be doing, logically speaking. But emotionally there’s that little voice saying … “but I don’t want to!” Adding to the problem, most of us have an inability to accurately predict how we’ll feel in the future (or we simply alter our prediction to please us in the moment). For example, putting off your most unpleasant tasks now will make you feel worse tomorrow, when they’re still waiting to be done, probably now along with even more.