- What Is Procrastination.
- The Effects of Procrastination.
- Science behind Procrastinate.
- How to break the pattern of procrastination.
What is Procrastination:-
Procrastination is the tendency to unnecessarily delay in doing anything or in taking decisions. Procrastination not only slows down our life but also loses the focus of life. Almost all of us have to face this great challenge of life at some point. Almost everyone knows the story of the tortoise and the rabbit. Extremely faster rabbits had to concede defeat due to his procrastination in a race to the tortoise.
In the lives of most people, one of the biggest enemies in the guise of a friend is 'excuse'. And this excuse and procrastination seem to be spiritually intertwined. We make excuses to procrastinate, and we procrastinate to find excuses. One of the obstacles in the way of success in life is the understanding of these two. Procrastination is so ingrained in our way of life that we have come to regard it as a credit, despite thinking it's a major obstacle. Procrastination has now become our social and mental disorder.
If a child asks for something he needs to study, his parents make excuses and say, "I will bring it tomorrow, not today." Our procrastination suppresses a child's emotions in this way. And gradually the child also grows up accepting it as a normal principle of his life and later this principle becomes rule.
We wait for the right time to do any work. Well, tell me what is the right time? If now, this moment is not right for you then how would you dare to dream of tomorrow!
- Paralyzed our decision making power.
- Later on, the work load increases and so the stress amd anxiety.
- Good opportunities are missed.
- Precious time is wasted.
- Chaotic life begins.
- Success is unnecessarily delayed.
- Demotivates.
- Cracks the Confidence.
- Lost focus on the goal.
Reasons for procrastination:-
There are mainly two scientific reasons for procrastination in any activity. The first is that before we do anything, our mind has to point out all its negative aspects, in fact, we have nurtured our thinking pattern in that way. Whenever negative thoughts swirl in our head we find excuses not to do that or not to take that decision. The longer we delay, the the work will become more complex and we become reluctant to do that. Until our brain find the reword in a task, we can never be inspired on that.
Our brains values instant rewards far more than future rewards. Whenever the brain sees that the store of instant rewards is empty, procrastination begins.
Secondly:- We have accepted our normal lives as the most comfortable zone of our life, no matter how hard that life is or how miserable it is. In that life, no matter whatever the relationship complex or the economic complexity, we like to limit ourselves, we feel comfortable on those. We do not look after the joy or adventure in doing something new. That’s why small barriers appear as large obstruction. What we consider as a comfort zone is actually our familiar zone, we get habituated to having this zone. We think painfully anything outside the familiar zone and our minds always want to get rid of that pain. He seeks excuses and procrastinates as a way to avoid pain.
How to break the pattern of procrastination:-
Once we know the reason for the procrastination, our goal of overcoming this bad habit is not a very difficult one. We have lots of potential and lots of power through which we can break this pattern easily by taking actions. The 'excuse' that our minds make 'will do tomorrow, today I will be in relax' is in fact an intention not to do that activity. We need to visualize well to get rid of this clever trap of the brain. We need to visualize what problems we are going to face if we are not able to complete the work we are procrastinating to do, what could be the loss in life. Whenever the mind feels the pain of not being able to do the work on time, immediately bring to mind the benefits of doing the work. Realise what rewards you are going to be awarded, how comfortable and happiness you will feel when you will complete the job. Enjoy the infinite joy of getting the job done emotionally, rather than the immediate joy of delaying. Remember, our mind alloys want to gain pleasure.
No matter how complicated the work is, if we have interest, we do not hesitate to do it. We are reluctant to do all the work that we do not enjoy, we do not get the benefit by hand. There are rewards hidden in every work, there is happiness, finding it with the consciousness will inspire you to start doing.
When you try to roll a drum weighing a few tons from a stationary position, you will feel it a Hercules task. When you start pushing, the drum is started to moves slowly down it will be felt light, it will be easier to move. The more you think about what you need to do, the more complicated it will become, it will be difficult to get started. Start doing whatever is important to you or whatever you have to do, it will gradually get better.
What disappoint us is not the work itself, it's our thinking how hard it will going to be. Our thoughts make the work more difficult. You will never reach your destination unless you start. When you start, you will find something new in every step, you will be optimistic and you will have faith in yourself. Worry does the damages, not work. This cloud of worry will disappear only when you start moving forward, start working.
