PROCRASTINATION- A CURSE

‘I will do it some other time’ is the biggest lie one can tell oneself. To start with this phrase, it is rightly said that this is the biggest lie we tell to ourselves because there is no tomorrow to do a work. If it’s not today, then it’s never, and if we elongate procrastinating a work it becomes our habit. It is possible that when we delay or postpone a work it would give us a sigh of relief for that very moment, thinking we don’t need to do this thing now and we will continue this later on but later on this is the thing which starts creating a mental pressure on our mind and we begin to panic around. In a way, it can also hamper our on going work because then we would have to stop that for a while and do the previous work first.

WHY DO WE PROCRASTINATE?

We have several reasons to why we procrastinate a work but the most dominating of all are the psychological reasons. When we need to get something done, we rely primarily on our self-control in order to bring our self to do it. Our self-control often receives support from our motivation which helps us get things done in a timely manner. In some cases, we experience certain demotivating factors such as anxiety or fear of failure, which have an opposite effect than our motivation. In addition, we sometimes experience certain hindering factors such as exhaustion or rewards that are far in the future, which interfere with our self-control and motivation.

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People sometimes procrastinate as result of their perfectionism. Perfectionism can lead to procrastination in many ways, such as by making someone so afraid to commit a mistake that they end up not taking any action at all, or by making someone so worried of presenting something with any flaws that they end up reworking instead of moving forward.

Laziness is another factor that leads us to procrastinate from our work most of the times. This may come from unhealthy food habits and untimed sleep schedule. Thus, it is always said to lead a healthy lifestyle with healthy food habits and a good sleep schedule with some exercises included. Food habits affect in a way that if we have to work at sometime and we have a heavy meal before the same then we would probably end up taking a nap or resting instead of doing our assigned work for the time being. Similarly, if we don’t take adequate amount of sleep we would always feel tired and reluctant to work.

Fear of evaluation or negative feedback can lead to procrastination as well. This happens because people are afraid to be judged for a negative impact left back at them. In many cases, people’s fear in this regard are irrationally exaggerated or unjustified, either because the chances of receiving negative feedback are low or because the consequences of that feedback aren’t as significant as they feel.

HOW TO AVOID THIS?

As it is rightly said that it is much better to accept the truth than to believe in a lie that you already know is going to end one or the other day and you need to face the reality similarly, we should avoid compiling our work for some other day rather do the same on the spot, as and when required. We should set abstract goals and always keep ourselves motivated to work for the same with a positive energy. Do the work as and when required!