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17 Sep 09 Stop Procrastinating

Procrastination is a very bad trait for you to have in your personal inventory.  Mostly because if you’re a procrastinator, you’ll find that you almost never achieve the things that you intend to achieve.  Whether in life in general, or at your job, or in the small accomplishments you want to make in your personal life.  Procrastination can be a hard habit to break, but with some work it can be done, and it’s worth your time.  All you have to do is stop procrastinating about breaking that habit for good.

First ask yourself what the biggest problem causing your procrastination is.  Do you get distracted easily when you try to do something?  Do you lack motivation?  By targeting what the problem is, you can look towards changing that aspect of your personality, and hopefully eliminate your tendency to procrastinate.

First off, whether you are distracted easily or unmotivated, try breaking up large tasks into smaller ones.  If it’s a big yard project you’re trying to tackle, try accomplishing the whole by just doing a little at a time.  Like tending to a garden, try just doing one short task each day, and you’ll find that you’ve accomplished everything before too long.  This is a good first step to stopping procrastination in the future, as it gets you on the horse accomplishing the tasks you set for yourself.

Try eliminating distractions if you find yourself easily taken from your tasks.  Try leaving your cell phone inside while you’re out in the yard.  Or try turning off the background noise of a television or radio, or your iPod, so that you can have full concentration on your tasks.  Sometimes that little bit of background noise can distract you enough that you can’t keep your thoughts together.  That simple of a change can help you stop procrastinating.

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