Combat Procrastination

My notes for a YouTube video about procrastination on one hearing only.

Why?

1. Boring tasks.

   It’s necessary?

   • Yes: Make it fun.
     • Get a study partner.
     • Find a more energetic time.
   • No: Get rid of it.

2. Surrounding environment.

   • Identify someone who procrastinates in your circle of influence.
   • Distance yourself from them, or
   • Be aware of what their behavior.

3. Perfectionism

   • Know about yourself.
   • Reality: nothing can be perfect.

Five strategies against procrastination:

1. Decompose a huge task into smaller parts.

2. Analyse the environment causing your procrastination.

   Ill feelings arise after procrastinates. Get a more positive environment to get motivation.

3. Create deadlines and schedules.

   Deadlines create a sense of urgency. Measure success of a task by looking at the respect of the schedule.

4. Find an accountability partner.

   It’s a coach who holds you accountable for a task. It has to be respectable. It can be your parents, your teacher, your spouse, etc.

5. Eliminate procrastination pit stops.

   A pit stop mean a place where a racing car has to stop for maintenance in a car race.

   Our pit stops can be smart phones, TV, emails.

   Figure out what’s holding you from your tasks, and eliminate them.