In daily life, we have all found ourselves postponing important tasks that must be done. Actually, it is human nature to procrastinate. What we need to examine and focus on here is how long do we postpone the work we need to do and how much does this postponement affect our lives?
Procrastination means delaying doing any work that needs to be done, pushing it to another time, leaving it to a later time. When we postpone a job or a task that we need to do, we actually go through a number of stages:
We decide to do it.
We delay doing it unnecessarily.
Actually, we know the harms of delaying. or we know very well that it is of no use.
We blame ourselves for delaying the work, or we defend ourselves by keeping our mind off the work we are going to do.
However, by pushing ourselves at the last minute, we finish the job either on time or late. Or we can never finish it and feel uncomfortable.
We reassure ourselves that such a delay will not happen again and we truly believe it.
We will be able to complete the new work that comes before too long. we delay again.
Not all delays follow a similar path. Some tasks can be delayed for the sake of doing them better; These can be considered normal. However, the intentional delays I mentioned above have a side that makes people uncomfortable. It causes some problems in the person's inner world and makes the person feel "defeated". Instead of correcting this mistake, the person often continues to make this mistake and a vicious circle occurs.
In order to overcome this problem, first face this reality, accept to face the difficulties that will be experienced in the process of overcoming it, and want to rethink the issue and take action. must. The most effective solution is to first do the work that you tend to delay.
Determine your goals because your goals are reflections of what you want to achieve. In order to improve yourself, you must set some goals and move towards them, but how you determine your goals is equally important. They should be appropriate to the task you are undertaking and be realistic. You should increase your personal competence and try to reach them. The efforts you make while working should be measurable.
It is necessary to take action immediately rather than thinking about a task. It is important to answer these questions when taking action.
Where am I today?
Where am I going?
What do I need to do to get there?
What options do I have?
When answering these questions, our desire for success should be at the highest level. We can think about the real benefit we will gain at the end of the work we do, or we can think that the trouble you will experience will disappear.
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It is easier for me to do it when I have difficulty. That's why until I get really difficult. I will postpone it, then it will be easier for me to do it.
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It may seem easier to do it when you are forced, but you will find that it is more difficult to do it under those conditions. Because you will be forced to finish, you will not be able to gather the tools that will help you do a good job, you will not have enough time to go over the job again and you will pass it by.
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I don't know how to do the job well. I'll wait until I know how to do it well.
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If you don't know how to do the job well, you have no reason to wait. You should start right away to find out how you can do it well, you will learn better by starting.
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I don't know if I will do it or not, because I really don't want to do it.
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The less you want a job you have to do, the sooner you should start so that you can get rid of it as soon as possible. If you don't do it, the job will get bigger and bigger in your eyes and it will become impossible to do at all.
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Delaying this job is not the end of the world, even if I delay it, it will be a big deal. nothing happens.
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Yes, it's not really the end of the world, but that doesn't mean it won't be a big deal if you delay it. Just because any task is not important above all else does not mean that it is not important at all. Maybe it's not a very important job, but it's a job. You don't do it because it is more important than anything else, you do it according to its own importance and value.
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I did it at the last minute once and this It worked, why shouldn't I do it the same way?
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So did it really work, or did it save the situation? So even if this method works quite well, wouldn't you get better results if you didn't delay? So, even if this method works, is it worth the trouble, difficulty or tension you experience because of delaying it?
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As seen above, the reason for postponing There may be many reasons, but none of these reasons will make sense. When a procrastination situation arises, you may think that you are your own commander by regulating your own actions. Progress will of course be gradual. Consider that there will be a ten percent improvement in the next six months, and another ten percent in the next six months, and that it will increase gradually.
A postponement schedule will also be very useful to you. For example:
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Describe the task you were postponing
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How did you feel when you first started procrastinating?
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What were you thinking at the first stage when you started procrastinating:
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What were you saying to yourself while delaying the task in question)
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What was the result? ?
I wish you all well-planned and programmed days filled with work you finish on time.
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