My Ways Of Avoiding Procrastination.

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Introduction

Hello everyone, how are you doing?, I hope everyone around here is doing great, I welcome you again to another contest organized by Steem4Nigeria on "how to avoid procrastination" , this is quite a remarkable idea as one way or the other, most individuals especially the youths battles with procrastination.

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Procrastination

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First thing first, let's take a look at what procrastination is and what it means to procrastinate.

Procrastination simply means delaying a task to later, when we have the proper channel and resources to do it at the moment, but due to the fact that we find the task boring or unpleasant for us, we tend to extend the task to later, having this way of adjourning task is what is being refered to as procrastination.

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Procrastination occurs to everyone in all part of life, especially students as well, when we have the tools or the channel to read a course, then we'd prefer to postpone, and this keeps occuring till the task get bulky and finally out of reach.

At times , procrastination doesn't neccesarily mean unwilling, motivation also affect our motive to want to complete a task, procrastination occur when motivation drops to the least minimum, and you started doubting the productivity of the task or you are unsure of what the task will entails, but however you tried, it just doesn't work as plan and things remains worse for the moments.

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6 - Way to Avoid Procrastination

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Procrastinating is a bad habit, it could lead to failure when we get too comfortable with it, reason why we need to set up plans for our daily activities, by doing so , we get to stay ahead of anything like procrastinating as we are sure that no matter the occasion, we had be willing to get the task done.

Here are 6 ways at which we can avoid Procrastination.

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Create small goals

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The trick of life is to start from the short term, having a set list of small,and attainable goals will help you tackle larger tasks. Break them down into smaller goals that can be completed in less than an hour, or a day.This method makes it much easier to move in the right direction, and reduce the bulky tasks into a minimum.

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Eliminate distractions

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Your working environment may be contributing to your procrastination. Small distractions will stymie your progress and increase your stress levels. Close any unnecessary tabs, turn off notifications, and try to complete one hour of focused work.when I want to complete a task faster, I stay off the internet as possible or better still stay turn off my social media page, so I could complete this tasks in a short period.

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Redefine goals and establish achievable objectives

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Concentrate on more attainable objectives and goals. Set aside fairyland goals because pursuing the impossible will ensure procrastination, as most people does create some fairytale in their mind, this goals might still be achievable but they are long term goals, the best is to avoid such and concentrate on something at the present time.

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Surround yourself with positive people.

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Another best way to avoid procrastination is to mingle with positive mindset,it may be difficult to admit, but some people are harmful to your health. Some people are entertaining, but they do not support your goals. Surround yourself with people who share your goals and will challenge you, rather than those who encourage your procrastination.

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Make a schedule for your days

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Make it a habit to write down everything you need to do the next day before going to bed. Make a list of your "important task" and your "daily tasks." When you plan your days in this manner, you will have enough time to complete your important goals and tasks.

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Create a positive mindset

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Procrastination is frequently caused by a negative mindset, One helpful hint is to replace negative thinking about a task with positive thoughts. Positive thinking will inspire you and motivate you to keep pushing even when it's hard to continue.always belief in yourself, believe you can do it, try over and over again to complete a task and be rest assured of success at the end.

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Conclusion

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Here comes my conclusion on the topic "How to avoid procrastination", it's a very bad idea to set up a tasks that are unachievable at the moment or to set up task we currently don't have resources for, the best way to start ahead of anything in life is to pick from the little , when you make a short term task, you tends to complete it in a moment than to keep a long unachievable task.

I hope you all have learnt a thing or two about procrastination and how to avoid it. I Herby invite @josepha , and @solexybaba to take part in the contest.

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