How to overcome procrastination? What are the manifestations of procrastination
4hw.com.cn: now people's life pressure is generally increasing. In the face of various pressures in work and learning tasks, people will have procrastination psychology. Can they delay as long as they can? However, in the end, it will not solve the problem, but make their hearts more anxious and nervous. So what are the manifestations of procrastination in life? How to overcome procrastination? Let's take a look with Xiaobian.
What are the manifestations of procrastination in daily life?
1. I like to stay in bed very much. I get up very late. I can fall asleep as long as I am quiet no matter what time;
2. In order to form the habit of getting up on time, I will set multiple alarm clocks, but I will wait until the last alarm clock rings to tell me to get up, or even give up the idea of getting up early, and silently decide to get rid of the habit of staying in bed tomorrow and go to sleep again;
3. Always play with your mobile phone before going to bed. You often have to put it down until your eyes are sour and dizzy. You don't even remember how you fell asleep until you get up the next day and find that your mobile phone fell at the head of the bed;
4. They often miss the planned time to go to bed, and then constantly warn themselves to go to bed early, but they still go to bed late or even later the next day;
5. I made up my mind to lose weight, but the plan was delayed day after day, or I couldn't stick to it, and I fell when I saw the delicious food;
6. When playing games, they always say 'play another game and don't play', but the result is often one after another;
7. When dating, you can't arrive on time, only the difference between being late more and less;
8. I know what to prepare in advance, but I can't prepare enough. As a result, I usually take one step at a time and do it hard. I think it's almost enough;
9. When doing things, you usually have to wait until the whole point, such as 9:00, 9:30, 10:00 & hellip& hellip; Usually dragging to the next whole point does not necessarily start;
10. I had planned to do one thing, but I was easily distracted by other small things. I made a cup of coffee first or played with my mobile phone for a while. I didn't think it would be a problem to drag it for a while;
11. Usually their rooms are in a mess and they don't have time to clean up;
12. I often regret it afterwards. I feel that if I had started earlier and worked more urgently, I would have been better, but I can't correct it next time.
Top 10 tips for overcoming procrastination
1. Comparison method -- let yourself accept it psychologically.
When I think deeply about why procrastination occurs, I realize that procrastination is actually a kind of self deception. Our human nature is born lazy, which I have to admit. If I had a comfortable and warm quilt, I wouldn't want to get up and go out in the cold. Since ancient times, we humans have evolved a function of self-protection, that is, to stay away from harmful and tend to beneficial. This allows us to better survive in harsh environments, which is an inherent mechanism of our brain. Well, the essence of procrastination is also related to this. We prefer to do simple and happy things rather than painful work.
So, I used this feature to invent the comparison method. In fact, it is to deceive our brains, because our brains can't compare and are easy to be deceived. For example, someone may take a taxi to store B to buy the same pen for 20 yuan in order to buy a pen for 30 yuan in store A. as a result, it costs 15 yuan by car.
This method is to select another task B in your task list that is easier than task a you don't want to do at this time, and then tell yourself that a and B must complete one at this time, and you can choose by yourself. Well, as a brain, I must think B is easier, so let's do B. In fact, there may be tasks C, D and e that are easier to do than B. In this way, we have successfully deceived ourselves, let ourselves feel no longer afraid psychologically, and can act immediately. Then, we can find a more difficult task s than A. in this way, we have reason to do a. This is a self deception method, but it is very effective.
2. Cut off the source of interference - make yourself more focused.
There are many interference sources in our life, such as mobile phones, computers, networks, etc. when we want to concentrate on one thing, especially when we want to delay until tomorrow, a short message from someone else may allow us to divert our attention and do other things, and it is even difficult to return to the original state. What we need to do is to simplify all the interference sources around us and cut off all the things that we think may interrupt our state of concentration. When I write an article, I will disconnect the Internet, turn my mobile phone to mute, find a lonely environment and start writing until I finish. This state of concentration is very important. I may have finished what I had to do in 2 hours in less than an hour. Then the time saved can be used to completely relax. In this way, you can finish the task and have a good rest.
3. Prohibit multitasking -- make it simple and efficient.
Although our brain is a multitasking operating system, we can take a bath while singing, listen to music and cook. But sometimes, single thread work can keep us high attention and let us complete the task faster, so as to reduce the number of delays and cultivate the good habit of completing immediately.
4. Don't pursue perfection -- give yourself a low starting point.
Sometimes, because of our pursuit of perfection, we are worried about all kinds of possible problems before we start to do anything. The final result is that we are afraid to start to do it, delaying the task. In fact, we can set a low starting point for ourselves. For example, if I want to do 200 push ups at one breath, I can only do 10 on the first day and increase to 15 on the second day. In this way, the starting point is very low, so I prefer to believe that I can finish it without pain, and I dare to start, rather than just stay in the stage of fantasy. Most of the tasks we delay are because we think it is too difficult and painful. When we lower the starting point, we will do it immediately.
5. Believe in your strength - never lose confidence.
One of the people I hate most is telling others' you can't, you can't do it, your idea is stupid. ' This kind of people do not know how many people with dreams have been erased and turn the colorful world of others into gray and helpless. If you believe in yourself, you should ignore the weak. They say you can't because they haven't done it themselves.
In fact, each of us has this kind of person in our hearts. When we face difficulties, a voice will tell us, 'you can't, you can't do it, it's very difficult and painful.' If it is a real person, we may angrily tell him 'I can do it!', But what if you were yourself? How much courage do we have to overcome our cowardice? It is the voices of these weak people that have shaken our firm belief that the idea of how much we can change the world has been delayed so far. I think there is only one solution - that is to start doing it now, and once you start, be fearless.
6. It's ridiculous to wait for others - the only person who can be trusted is himself.
Sometimes there is only one real way to accomplish a task, that is to do it yourself. We should never trust others, because it is very unreliable. Even if this person is accurate like a clock, it will stop when the battery runs out. We sometimes expect others to do something, but we might as well do it ourselves. Although it's a little painful, we can master the progress of our work rather than try to urge others.
7. Create a procrastination task list - even if we procrastinate, we have to be handsome.
Well, if we really can't overcome the problem of procrastination, why don't we use this bad habit to serve us? Bohua established a procrastination task list for myself. In this list, I listed many things I usually don't have time to do - such as learning gardening, reading an interesting book and so on. These lists are small things that are meaningful and not offensive. Whenever I really don't want to continue doing something, I open the procrastination list and pick one thing to do. In this way, I can not only meet my psychology of procrastination, but also do things I don't have time to do at ordinary times. Sometimes, we can't overcome procrastination, so why not change the angle and enjoy it?
8. Procrastination is just an idea -- never start implementing it.
Your mind will hint that you are losing weight to eat that cake, or that you are quitting smoking to receive cigarettes from others, or that you should postpone the task you should have started until tomorrow. Well, are you really that obedient? We must make it clear that when a person has a motive to kill, it does not mean that he has killed that person. Similarly, when the idea of procrastination begins to hover in our minds, all we have to do is wait and see quietly, rather than accept the instructions of our minds. There is a Buddhist view called contemplation. When evil thoughts breed in our hearts, we need to sit there quietly and observe our inner world from the perspective of the third person. Some bad ideas, let them slowly disappear, don't judge, don't act rashly. When we want to procrastinate, tell ourselves it's just an idea and I won't do it, because once we do it, the idea can't be changed.
9. Set focus time - make yourself more efficient.
When I don't want to do something, I usually set a timer for myself, such as 20 minutes. I told myself that I must focus on the task in front of me within 20 minutes without any excuse until the alarm rang. After 20 minutes, I will rest for 5 minutes, and then set the next 20 minutes. When we set ourselves a countdown, we will feel a sense of urgency, which will make us pay more attention to completing the task. When there is interference, I will look at the countdown and hint that I will finish it in three minutes. This method is very effective. Time management is to divide large time into small time, which is easier for us to operate. It is an idea of breaking up the whole into parts.
10. Breaking down tasks -- the secret to getting started
No matter how big a task is, it can also be divided into many small subtasks. Each subtask is allocated to its own available time. When all subtasks are completed, a seemingly impossible arduous task is also completed. The essence of task decomposition is simplification. Break down the task you want to delay into 10 very simple sub tasks. You only need to complete one sub task first, and then tell yourself that one tenth of this task has been completed. I can take a break first, and then start the next sub task. In this way, we can act quickly rather than procrastinate because of fear.