HOW TO AVOID PROCRASTINATION

Hello there, I have got a question for you. Is there any task in your life that you adored and planned to do but later never even began doing. I am pretty convinced that there must be ample of such tasks. Some of them even might be the ones that hold substantial paramountcy in your life. You must be still having a desperate desire for those once-planned-but-never-executed tasks deep inside your heart. But despite of all those desperate desires, aspirations and determinations, why haven't you fulfilled or even started those tasks yet? Why are you still lingered in the same old pattern of postponing those activities for which you were and still are, so zealous for? I get it that you are still ascertain, perplexed and stressed out about this procrastination. Don't worry, I got your back. After reading this manuscript, you will be better aware about this deadly self-sabotage known as procrastination. 

         WHY DO WE PROCRASTINATE?

I'll be brutally honest here. We all are guilty of procrastination at one time or another. This is an undeniable truth. Accept and validate it for the good. But the reason of our procrastination is quite paradoxical. It is because of our thinking, out behaviour, our mindset! Whenever we have to do something, even something paramount, we often postpone it until "tomorrow". But seldom do we actually step up breaking the walls of procrastination, and getting the job done. Instead, we the humankind, have developed a norm of resorting to procrastination to get the feeling of that instant gratification for which we stake our live in jeopardy. 

That "tomorrow" is the beginning of the end of all productivity.

It is engrossing to examine that today is yesterday's "tomorrow" and yesterday must be some day's "tomorrow". Then what's the logic in postponing anything and everything until "tomorrow"?

As humankind evolved, it got better senses, became more vigilant and more social. But apart from these nefty traits, humankind also developed certain appalling habits, for example, getting more for doing less, always lingering with the same old dogmas, avoiding problems and several more. This current generation of humanity is pretty skilled in covering up their procrastination with their god-damned lame excuses pretending as if they are dealing with such problems in their lives that no one can ever imagine or understand. This generation is guilty of being entitled, selfish, narcissistic, experts at making excuses and prodigious procrastinators. Out of all these retarding elements, the practice of procrastination is currently dominating the behaviour pattern of the civilization. 

They procrastinate considerably more than how much they actually do. This is the direct cause of an individual's laziness. The origin of laziness in an individual is because of its obsession towards its comfort zone. Majority of the population has an aviation towards getting out of the dreadful trap of comfort zone and doing some work worth investing time and effort. And here's where all the trouble lies! 

THE DELETERIOUS EFFECTS OF PROCRASTINATION

Put it simple, procrastination is the assassinator of all productivity. We procrastinate because we are perpetually chasing the short term highs of our instant gratification. Due to this fickle and reckless chase, we fail to execute those precious activities in our lives which we cherish. Those activities are a perfect amalgamation of our interests, paramountcy in our lives and bounteous productivity. 

Hence procrastination is a corrosive mutant virus in the civilization that sucks our passion, provokes laziness, saps our energy and momentum and destroy all productivity. This is one of the pivotal reasons why so many people end up with stress, failure, poverty and misery.

          TALKING PROCRASTINATION

Now we are certain of what causes us to procrastinate. But like everything else, all growth begins with the right mindset. So is true about the toxic habit of procrastination. There are typically 3 methods to eliminate procrastination from your life. 

1.) The Deadline method

First is the deadline method. Have you ever noticed that when you have a task in to complete, for example, completing an assignment, and you are flooded with time, say 2 months. How soon do you effectuate that task? In the first week? Okay that's too early when you have plenty of time. Then the 2nd or 3rd week? Even the 4th or 5th week? Huh? In contrary, we are those disciplined and punctual species who wait till the last minute to get the job done.

No wonder how huge the workload is, we somehow manage to complete those tasks within the tinniest time lapse. This is because without the vulnerability of facing severity, if we don't hand in the assignment on time, our mind doesn't feel the need for effectuating those tasks.

So the solution for this attitude is to adapt a deadline mindset. Whenever you get such works that have a longer than enough time allotted, reduce the deadline for yourself and stick with it and get that job done beforehand. Now since you have accomplished that task, you are free from the bothers and can untilize your time for other productivity.

2.) The will power method

The second method shall be the counterpart of your inner desires. It relies dominantly on how badly you want something to happen, how resilient your will power is. I call this one the will power method. Unlike those tasks that come with a specific deadline, for example, completing assignments, cleaning your home for the coming festival, preparing a presentation,etc. There are certain things in our lives for which we are zealous but they don't seem to have any deadline, for example, achieving success in our desired fields, enhancing our relationships, learning a new skill, spending quality time, etc. so we are perpetually inclined to ignore them. The only deadline for those priceless activities is the inevitability of death which is enough for us to disregard.

Hence for encountering these type of activities, you just need to have one single ingredient within you. And that's a burning desire to accomplish them. Break out a journal and take inventory of yourself for what are all those things for which you are zealous, which when you'll achieve shall give you a feeling of clarity and fulfillment. Then write down those things in your journal and begin to work on them immediately. By writing those desires in your journal, your desire will be ignited and you will be more vigilant in transmuting those desires into their physical, monetory, materialistic, emotional and spiritual equivalent.

3.) The Dopamine Trick

This method is a taskmaster's one. It is a game that you shall play with your mind. In case you don't know, Dopamine is a type of neurotransmitter. Your body makes it and your nervous system uses it to send messages between your nerve cells. It plays a crucial role in how we feel pleasure. This very chemical aids us in finding things interesting. Whenever you get a text from your pal, Dopamine is released. Whenever you get an offer to hang out with someone you like, Dopamine is released and so without a second thought, you dash for it. You cannot and should not halt the releasing of Dopamine since that would be dire for your thinking, imagination and survival. 

But what you can is play and slay your mind. Whenever you feel distracted by the impulse of those quick-enjoyments like hanging out with your buddies, impel yourself to continue on you productivity and reward yourself with that enjoyment only when you complete it since this will convince your mind and you will be able to exert your full potential for claiming your reward. 

Have a no pain, no gain approach. Each day make your master plan of what all productivity you wanna be involved in. Also plan those activities that you'll love doing for pleasure and ease. And then march in the daily battleground and don't settle until you effectuate those productive activities and then reward yourself with those times of enjoyment. This will not only eliminate procrastination but also render you with a sense of victory and fulfillment and make you feel like a champion celebrating its glory.

—I gave it all for this piece of work. It took me quite an exploration on this topic to vouchsafe it a mark of ingenuity and virtuosity. I devote myself to withdraw procrastination and expect the same from you. Thank you for reading.