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Git-R-Dun Part 2

Just a bit ago I told you that perfectionism is procrastination’s twin sister. And that’s because they’re usually both symptoms of fear.

Procrastination can manifest in these two ways:

➢ Obvious procrastination. This is when you know you’re procrastinating. You have something to work on, but you just can’t get motivated to do it.

Example: If you have a report to write, you may find yourself staring at the blank screen or getting easily distracted by other things (such as watching YouTube videos).

➢ Subtle procrastination. This one is a little trickier because it disguises itself. Instead of you just sitting around when you should be working on something, you instead busy yourself with something else (while rationalizing that this new task is important).

Indeed, you may even go so far as to reorder your to-do list so that you can procrastinate on a specific task.

Just as with perfectionism, the key to beating procrastination is to
figure out WHY you’re procrastinating.

How does it serve you? How does it “protect” you from one of your fears?

In some cases, it’s not immediately obvious to you why you’re procrastinating.

If so, then you need to do a brain dump. Simply take out a couple clean sheets of paper and write, “why am I procrastinating?” at the top of the paper. Then spend 30 minutes writing everything that comes into your head (no censoring, editing or analyzing). If you can’t think of anything to write, then just keep writing the question until something does pop into your head. Usually after about 20 minutes, our subconscious mind lets down its defenses, so that’s when you’ll start getting real answers to your question.

Once you’ve determined the problem, then it’s up to you to find a solution

In most cases, simply acknowledging the problem will be enough to allow yourself to start taking serious action.

Tags: Time Management

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