How to stop procrastinating. Your agenda is full of commitments and you can't keep faith and at all? Are you always late? Are deliveries to work your nightmare, or do you get caught up in laziness and distractions? Don't worry, there is more than one solution to the tendency to procrastinate. Choose the techniques and advice you prefer and try to put them into practice. You will gain valuable time, organize yourself more easily and work better.
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PROCRASTINATE - “Don't do today what you can do tomorrow” is your motto? Your agenda is full of commitments and you can't keep faith and at all? Are you always late? Are deliveries to work your nightmare, or do you get caught up in laziness and distractions? Is the art of putting off both at work and in personal life your modus operandi? Don't worry, the tendency to procrastinate there is more than one solution.
Choose the techniques and advice you prefer and try to put them into practice. You will gain valuable time, organize yourself more easily and work better.
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Try the tomato technique
La Tomato technique serves to improve and optimize the own time management, to work less, although sometimes more intensely, and to have more free time. With this technique, you should be able to complete your tasks by resisting interruptions, focusing on completion and monitoring progress. All thanks to a timer that will keep you in line.
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Divide the work
If you are faced with a challenging task, break it down into small steps. You can focus on one part of the job at a time, so that you feel less overwhelmed by the overall bulk. With a simple division everything will seem more manageable, even the most boring parts. Seeing is believing.
Tidy up your desk
Tidy up your desk and create a environment that can stimulate you to work without distractions. If you are a freelancer and can organize your office or studio however you like, create an environment that makes you feel inspired, remembering that you may need some changes to your surroundings after some time, to avoid boredom. You know, then, that grow a plant in the office or on your desk increases productivity?
Create a calendar and stick to it
After dividing your work into many small tasks to be completed in a predetermined amount of time, precisely compose your deadline calendar and make sure you respect it as much as possible. Be aware that even a small delay could mess up your perfect schedule. Calculate unexpected events to protect yourself, do not forget the breaks, but make sure you do not postpone commitments.
Put priorities at the top of the list
Le priority they must always be at the top of your to-do list. It seems like a trivial advice, but unfortunately we often tend to devote ourselves with greater commitment to pleasant tasks, rather than to urgent, perhaps unpleasant tasks. But all your attention must first be paid to priorities and urgencies, which among other things may be reduced if they are caused by your delays and if you learn to organize yourself in the best possible way in managing your time.
Eliminate distractions
Who works at the computer and who always has the smartphone at hand is one of the best prey of distractions. Non-professional mail accounts, profiles Facebook, blogs and favorite sites and social networks in general are the biggest culprits for distractions. Try to cancel the sound notifications of social networks that you do not need for work, try to check emails on a regular basis, but not compulsively, and strip the PC deskpot of anything that could catch your attention and make you lose time.
Talk about your projects
Talk to friends and family about your plans and goals. This way you will be obliged to announce them aloud, or otherwise in writing, and you will become aware of it. Another advantage is the positive attitude of those around you towards you. Your loved ones will be able to encourage, encourage and help you in the right way if you explain your situation to them.
Get inspired by those who have made it
Do you have an important dream but are afraid that it will be too difficult for you to realize it? Get inspired by those who have made it and ask them for useful advice on how to organize the stages that will lead you to the fulfillment of your desires within a period to be established. In this way you can organize yourself in the best possible way and plan your working life and not according to your dreams and goals.
Redefine your goals
If you find yourself procrastinating for a prolonged period of time, think about it. It may be that the previously set goals no longer correspond to your wishes. Take a break, choose the closest weekend and redefine your goals, wishes and expectations related to your career (or not).
Seize the day
Why do you procrastinate? Maybe because of the recurring thought which suggests that "This is not the right time to act". If you realize it, try to seize the moment and don't waste time. The hours flee and do not return. If he puts you to work right away, the goal may appear much closer than you think.
Organize pleasant engagements
Duty first e then the pleasure. Try not to forget this, especially if you are under stress and overloaded with work. It means that after a busy day, you deserve a reward. But your procrastination could blow not only work deadlines but also pleasant moments to relax and spend with friends. So organize your agenda by enriching it with pleasant moments: leisure appointments will encourage you to always finish your work on time.
Marta Albè
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