How To Avoid Procrastination?

We all are stuck in our houses from past one and a half year and we all have become lazy and probably procrastinate most of our chores. 

But what procrastination really is?

Procrastination is a habit of putting off or delaying, especially something requiring immediate attention. 

Do you ever wonder why we procrastinate? 

It is because it might make you less happy, or its no fun at all, it might be difficult, you might think it's not important and most importantly you might not know where to start.

Here are a few steps which would help you avoid procrastinating.

1. Recognise it- The first step is to recognise that you are procrastinating. Often when we start aimlessly scrolling through social media or find ourselves getting distracted, we waste a lot of precious time. What we should do is, close our eyes and talk to ourselves and say "let's at least start what is pending".   

2. Focus on just doing- this part can be really hard to get started! But often what stops us is either our desire for perfection or it seems to us like too big of a task! Instead start by saying I'm going to spend 5 minutes on this and then increase the time as you go! It happens to me as well and I know it can be really hard sometimes to just start a task but often when you start, you'll go into the flow of things so just be patient and focus on starting

3. To-Do List- This can give yo a sense of accomplishment which increases your motivation! break big tasks into smaller steps and ensure that you don't have too many things on the list which may make you overwhelmed. You don't have to do all the work in one day. take proper amounts of breaks and don't overburden yourself.

4. Scheduling Tasks- This is also important! Instead of saying "I'll just start after dinner because I'm more productive then", just start then and there because there are more chances of you to say the same thing after dinner for the later time. Even it's for a short period of time, but also start with easier and shorter tasks and then leave the content heavy ones for the time when you're most productive. Remember, however, that your schedule can be flexible according to your needs.

5. Rewards- Make sure to give yourself rewards for your accomplishments too. Eat an ice-cream, chocolate, go for a walk , take a hot water bath, watch some movies. 

The purpose is to make yourself active, not take your happiness away. So enjoy but stay productive.

"KEEP GOING... YOU NEVER KNOW HOW STRONG YOU ARE UNTIL YOU LOOK BACK AT EVERYTHING YOU'VE OVERCOME"