Most of the people love to procrastinate. I consider myself a hardworking guy (hustler maybe?) but still I love to rest and “chill”.
I have only one step that helps me to avoid procrastination and that is:
Plan stuff ahead and prioritize!
This is really important because you need to have a clear picture of your day and your tasks. If you don’t do this you will probably think about all the stuff you have to do and your mind will wander off and a few hours later you will think about how you didn’t do anything.
Try to write 3 top priorities in your day and stick to that. You can even create small tasks from that big tasks to have a more clear picture of your tasks.
Important no1: Do the most boring task first. You know that task that is always sitting on top of your mind and you are doing everything to avoid it, but you know that eventually you will get there and you will have to do that. The best thing is to just do it first and get on with it. Everything after that task will be easier…
“Eat a live frog first thing in the morning and nothing worse will happen to you the rest of the day.” - Mark Twain
Important no2: When you are done with your task just cross it over, or delete it if you are using some software for task management.
Are you asking yourself why is this important?
Well, I have one good reason for that: Dopamine!
When you cross over that task you get little rush of dopamine through your body and you feel satisfied and you can happily go to the next task, and to the next, etc…
“If you make your bed every morning you will have accomplished the first task of the day. It will give you a small sense of pride and it will encourage you to do another task and another and another.” - Adm. Bill McRaven
One more hack for the end. Try to do your tasks using Pomodoro Technique, this system will help you to do your tasks in few intervals giving you some time to rest and “procrastinate” (in a good way) … Cheers! :)
Vedran Blazenka
I build web apps with JavaScript, React, ES2015+, Node and other JS libraries!
Most of the people love to procrastinate. I consider myself a hardworking guy (hustler maybe?) but still I love to rest and “chill”.
I have only one step that helps me to avoid procrastination and that is:
Plan stuff ahead and prioritize!
This is really important because you need to have a clear picture of your day and your tasks. If you don’t do this you will probably think about all the stuff you have to do and your mind will wander off and a few hours later you will think about how you didn’t do anything.
Try to write 3 top priorities in your day and stick to that. You can even create small tasks from that big tasks to have a more clear picture of your tasks.
Important no1: Do the most boring task first. You know that task that is always sitting on top of your mind and you are doing everything to avoid it, but you know that eventually you will get there and you will have to do that. The best thing is to just do it first and get on with it. Everything after that task will be easier…
Important no2: When you are done with your task just cross it over, or delete it if you are using some software for task management.
Are you asking yourself why is this important?
Well, I have one good reason for that: Dopamine!
When you cross over that task you get little rush of dopamine through your body and you feel satisfied and you can happily go to the next task, and to the next, etc…
One more hack for the end. Try to do your tasks using Pomodoro Technique, this system will help you to do your tasks in few intervals giving you some time to rest and “procrastinate” (in a good way) … Cheers! :)