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Killing Procrastination

(n) procrastination: the action of delaying or postponing something.

The Excuses & Effects of What causes it? Solutions


Procrastination Self-Regulation Failure The following are how to add value to and exe-
Negative Reinforcement (Bad Habits) cute your goals
Hard work pays off in the future, Removing a negative stimulus (Pain/discomfort)
procrastination pays off now ex: Putting on a coat in the cold Out of Will Power? Add Value.
By playing Vidya, you avoid neg. emotions ex: Cant do another problem. What if I gave
This quote underplays the consequences for the By avoiding the task, you avoid neg. emotions you 100 bucks to do it?
future you Now lets learn how to apply it
Personality
When you procrastinate, you: People who do not commonly procrastinate Proper Goal Making
Waste the only non-renewable resource are: When making goals make sure to apply per-
Form bad habits Concientious sonal meaning to the inception and planning
Suffer in the future from the lack of action Emotionally Intelligent phase. Have structure to your actions by
Suffer from the guilt of not doing the task Internal Perfectionists (For Self) breaking them down into actionable sub-
This can result in further procrastination goals.
People who do commonly procrastinate are:
Proctastination has effects on Impulsive Taking Action for Subgoals
Well being External Perfectionist (for others) In situation X
Health Neurotic I will do behaviour Y
Relationships to achieve subgoal Z
Death & Bereavement Poorly Made Goals ex: When I get to level 15
Those who have lost a loved one, the deepest Poorly made/executed goals cause boredom I will complete 1 section of the TEFL
regret they had was their procrastination frustration and resentment at every stage To achieve me teaching in Europe

Note: your procrastination can have these ef- Inception > Planning > Action > Goal Perceive, Use, Manage & Understand Emotions
fects on people around you
Lack of meaning in I & P causes lack of: Perceive what emotions this task is giving you
Enjoyment Use pleasure or pain to push you to do small
Fun amounts of work overtime instead of a lump
Pleasure sum at once
We are what we Passion Understand that neg. emotions will appear
Self-Identity Manage your emotions so if you feel. neg. emo-
repeatedly do. tions that you wont run away from the task
Excellence, then, Lack of structure in A causes lack of:
is not an act, Autonomy Know Emotions =No Procrastination
Control Add Value To Actions = Add Motivation
but a habit. Initiative
Uncertainty

Made by: /u/Cyleidor


Thanks to: Tim Pychyl

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