3 Clever Ways To Stop Procrastinating

Written by Peter Murphy


Stopping procrastination can be challenging, especially since you can't put it off until tomorrow! Most people who procrastinate did not do so overnight. Like any other bad habit, procrastination starts small and builds itself up.

Returning to a more dependable lifestyle however is possible. Follow these simple steps below and eventually, with dedication and self discipline your procrastination should be under control and your tomorrows will be a little less full!

Step #1 Start Small.

Usually if people procrastinate in their business lives they also procrastinate in their personal life too and vice versa.

Start small by making an everyday to do list. Examples include, but are not limited to; taking outrepparttar trash, doingrepparttar 128971 dishes, hanging up clothes, and maybe even littler things like makingrepparttar 128972 bed or tidying uprepparttar 128973 living room.

When you have things under control at a personal level it is easier to get things under control at a business level.

Getting yourself intorepparttar 128974 routine of not putting things off at home will be difficult sincerepparttar 128975 home isrepparttar 128976 easiest place to procrastinate: it is always there, you always have an extra day to work on it, and no one besides you or those who live you will know what you are putting off.

However, if you have noticed,repparttar 128977 places that we feel most comfortable in arerepparttar 128978 easiest to begin a bad habit and alsorepparttar 128979 hardest place to get rid of that bad habit.

A smoker's hardest place to deal with is their personal space and yours is too. So take control and shape yourself up at home to startrepparttar 128980 process of stopping procrastination.

Step #2 Take control at work.

4 Secret Ways to Stop Procrastinating

Written by Peter Murphy


Ever wonder how to stop procrastinating?

Here is a good example...

I was recently talking with a friend who said, "You know, I need to have guests over to my house more often." "Why is that?" I asked. "Because that seems to berepparttar only time I really clean my house," she responded.

Isn't thatrepparttar 128968 truth! Deadlines and commitments have a wonderful way of forcing us to get things done which have to be done. It is easy to procrastinate about doing something when there is no one to hold you accountable.

Think about it!

You may berepparttar 128969 worst procrastinator on earth about certain things like housework or dreaded work projects but chances are you file your tax return on time ever year.

This is becauserepparttar 128970 federal government has placed a deadline on filing tax returns and they hold us accountable if they are not done.

If you want to stop procrastinating in your life try setting yourself deadlines for projects you have been putting off and finding ways to hold yourself accountable for meeting these deadlines.

Here are some ideas of how you can use this strategy to stop procrastinating at home and in your work.

1. Write it Down.

The act of simply deciding when you plan to complete a task and writing it down on your calendar can be very effective in creating a sense of a deadline.

2. Schedule something that forces you to take action.

For example, invite guests over to your house. If you have been putting off cleaningrepparttar 128971 house this will force you to clean and put things in order.

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