Daily Dialogues

If I had to pick out what my biggest problem is, procrastination would be on the list. Definitely in the top 10. I can’t help but put things off until tomorrow which then becomes next week. I feel like I need to be forced into a schedule in order to actually do things.

I remember hearing the feeling of being paralyzed by choice and I think that tie into procrastination. It’s the idea that there’s so much out there to do that it’s hard to pick and you spend so much time choosing that you don’t actually do anything. This only gets worse and worse over time as you find more things you want to do which puts me in the situation I’m in now.

Usually, that isn’t a huge deal, but this becomes a big problem when necessary tasks get lumped in with things I don’t have to do. I should be doing the important things first, but now they’re just another thing to choose.

The main way to combat this is to force yourself to do things. I don’t mean give yourself a schedule or tell yourself what’s important. I mean make it that you can’t do anything except what you need to do. If you need the computer, make a new window. If not, then shut off your computer. make a designated work space that you only go to for work. Doing work in bed is hard since you associate your bed with relaxing.

Fighting procrastination is difficult and I’m not good at it, but at least this post is out at 9 instead of 11:59.