Cognitive strategies, much of our procrastination comes from how we think about the task and about
our willingness and ability to completed strategic changes in our thinking can weaken procrastinations.
People notice their mission giving thought that the truth be aware of things we tell ourselves to justify
procrastination or that downplay the amount of time we'll actually spend doing something other than
the target task.
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When we catch these thoughts, we can't see them like we would treat any unhelpful automatic thought
and remind yourself why you don't want to procrastinate.
Putting things off not only can lead to being late or producing quality work, but colors our leisure
time with feelings of dread and guilt about the task we're not doing.
Remind yourself of these negative consequences when you need motivation to get started.
Be aware of virtuous avoidance.
When we're motivated to avoid a task, we might find other ways to make ourselves feel productive.
Organizing our cabinets, helping a friend, doing busy work which can give us the sense that at least
we're doing good things.
This bill provides a compelling rationalization that makes procrastination easier.
Decide to start.
We often delay doing something because we're not sure exactly how to do it.
For example, we might not write a difficult work email because we don't know what we're going to say.
In reality, figuring out how to do it is part of the task.
Remind yourself that you will find a way once you're resolved to get started.
Acknowledge that you probably won't feel like doing it later either.
We might assume we will get to a task once we feel like doing it.
The truth is, though, that we probably won't want to do it later anymore.
Then we want to do it now.
We kind of stop waiting for a magical time down the road when it's effortless to do that.
US challenge beliefs about having to do something perfectly.
We often put off starting a task because we've set high standard for how well we must do it.
Keep in mind that it doesn't have to be perfect.
It just needs to be done.