I tend, I think like many others to procrastinate on some things, but not on others. Over the years I have developed some skills in dealing with this issue. For those who wish to stop procrastinating feel free to try these ideas, when you get around to it:
• Use visualization by visually imagining in your mind what it will feel like doing the task last minute including the stress, exhaustion, and the possibility of not completing it in time or handing in a subpar product.
• Enlist others to hold you accountable to complete each small step.
• Setting deadlines can be a helpful tool against procrastination when set correctly. A study from November 2021, found people were more likely to complete a task with a 1-week deadline or no deadline compared to being given a 1-month deadline. Based on these findings if you tend to procrastinate set shorter deadlines rather than longer ones.
• Try the “chunking” method: Try to split things up into manageable chunks and do them over time. For example, instead of cleaning your whole house, which can feel overwhelming, just commit to cleaning the sink today and the floors tomorrow. Oftentimes when you get started on a subtask, it also makes it much easier to complete the whole thing because you prove to yourself that the task you put off isn’t really as bad as you made it out to be in your head.
