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Procrastination simply put is the avoidance of performing a task that needs to be accomplished. You often hear people say “I don’t feel like doing this now, let’s just finish this tomorrow, I do my things in the last minutes” . It feels good making excuses but why the delay when you can quickly finish this task and begin another, saves time right? Tell you what, it is easier said than done.
This simple act of postponing a task or event, if not managed becomes a habit and trust me it takes away your productivity because you always want to do something “tomorrow”.  Here are 4 ways you can work on procrastination.
·        Prepare a schedule and be religious about it: This is a war between you and you so don’t take it likely. You can make a schedule and never adhere to it I am sure you know better.  This time involve the oracles, don’t miss a single task on your schedule; a little trolling will help you, you can let someone in on your schedule so they can keep you accountable if they can. It could also be that you are busy organizing the events of the day in your head that’s why forget to carry out some or waive others until tomorrow, well get you a jotter or journal and write them in order of priority and see how that works.
·        Keep away from distractions: You want to watch this TV program and right after, start your task, why can’t you just finish your task then watch the highlight, replay or watch it on YouTube but is it that important? While you are carrying out your task stay away from your phone, you view one notification and before you know it you have been surfing the net for hours. Keep any form of distraction away until you are done then you use it to unwind, how is that.
·        Stop making excuses:  Why give yourself one thousand reasons why you can’t. You hear people say “that is just how I am, I work better under pressure” well have you tried working without pressure at all? Imagine taking 30 minutes to finish something that should have been done in 12 hours, it drains you. Drop the excuses and just do it anyway, the more excuses you give the more you begin to doubt your ability to accomplish it, so why don’t you surprise yourself.
·        Don’t try to be perfect about it: People make mistakes, it’s OK to make mistakes at least you tried. Trust me perfectionism will not take you that far, it’s good to keep all details in check and produce excellent results but what is an excellent when its past the deadline. Feel free to do a scrappy job and get corrected, that way you learn.

Procrastination is a killer of time and the enemy of accomplishment. Go ahead and feel the joy that comes with accomplishment.

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