So, are you a procrastinator?

Written By- Mohd. Tareq Walizada

Indeed, this is a very silly question because we all are. Procrastination is fundamental to human beings. Procrastination is simply the habit of putting off for tomorrow what you can do today. The fact is that nine out of ten of us have this habit. 

We tend to postpone jobs and tasks. The thing about procrastination is that we tend to put off only those tasks that seem unappealing to us. If the task is boring, or monotonous, or involves too much hard work, then it stands a very good chance of getting postponed. It is not because of the lack of time that we do not do the task. On the contrary, we might have plenty of time to do it but we tend to postpone it and justify ourselves saying that we do not have the time for it. The truth is the job becomes more unpleasant the more you postpone it. Fortunately there is a simple technique that will help you stop putting things off.

=>Technique:
Break big jobs down into small manageable tasks. Something that would take only 5-10 minutes to complete. Make it as tiny as you can. Let's say your goal is to lose weight and you decided to work out every day for 30 minutes.

Preferably you could write down your assignment:
"Do one exercise for lower abs 10 times."

Yes, just one exercise, just 10 times. It would take you about 1 or 2 minutes.

The secret is that the most difficult thing is to get started. Once you get started you're 95% most likely to finish the whole 30 minute work-out!

Even if you do one exercise 10 times, it is better than nothing. You wouldn't feel guilty and depressed - you've fulfilled your assignment!

And if you do more you'll feel even better! The trick is to give yourself a really small task: To make a phone call, or to read one page of a
textbook.

And once you get started you will actually find out that you won't mind doing more than you planned!

And remember, “To do something is just to start”.