Article DetailsQuit Procrastinating |
| Date Added: December 19, 2008 08:12:59 PM |
| Author: Alex |
| Category: Society |
| Quit Procrastinating Is "being late" part of your personal style? Do you deal with your procrastination as a joke – laughing as you arrive hours late for dinner, entertaining friends with tales of your latest narrow escapes? You have made procrastination such an important part of your repertoire that giving it up could severely cramp your style. Do you know who you are and what you want for yourself? What are your interests, preferences, values, needs and goals? Without such self-knowledge, even if you were to stop procrastinating, you might not know what to do with your new found ability to make progress. If you haven't asked yourself questions about what you really want out of life, or if you've asked and not been able to find any answers, you may be left with a sense that hasn't much direction or purpose. If you are up to your eyeballs with half finished projects, lists of things to do, anxiety about deadlines upcoming and deadlines missed, this lack of direction may set the stage for procrastination. In order to change your patterns of procrastination, you will have to take a clearer look at who you are. The first step in moving ahead is getting to know yourself apart from your procrastination; recognizing your values and interests, your strengths and weaknesses. Then you can begin to accept yourself as you are, not as you wish you were or think you should be. |
