My Way Of Avoiding Procrastination by @yuceetoria

Welcome to my contest entry hosted by @goodybest where I will give in detail everything about procrastination, its causes, and how to avoid it.

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What is procrastination?
Causes of procrastination
Why do people procrastinate?
How to avoid or overcome procrastination

Procrastination is an action you take when you put off an assigned task until the very last minute or even past its deadlines.

No matter how organized and focused you are, there are certain times when you feel like quitting, shutting down everything, and escaping from fulfilling your duties for a little while.

It could be because your friends want to hang out and you know you won't get a job done, so you put a pause on it.

Or you are researching with your phone and an ad pops up, you click on the ad to check what It is and before you know it you are scrolling through Instagram/Facebook feeds and videos.

No matter how little or trivial you think a work is, putting it on hold or pushing it aside can have a major impact or effect on you.

• Depression: A situation where you feel hopeless and helpless and is convinced that nobody appreciates your work enough, so you decide to quit. This can happen a lot in Steemit, especially when you don't get upvotes for your content.

• Overestimating and underestimating the time it would take to carry out a task.

• Lack of motivation to do the task.

• People that procrastinate are not lazy, they just don't have the zeal to work at the moment.

• They feel lost; they don't know where to start from, are confused about how to do something, and can't predict what the outcome would be.

• They are nonchalant and don't really don't care if it gets done or not.

• Some people believe they can work under pressure while in the end, it tells on your health.

• They forget easily the task they have at hand.

• they want to be motivated first before they can work.

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Now that you know what procrastination is, its causes, and why people procrastinate, let's discuss how can avoid a situation where you have to push aside your task to a later time. The most effect is burnout cuased feom being overwhelmed by the numerous works to be done and deadlines to be met.

• Make a list. Write out everything you need to get done within the day or the week.

• Write them out in an order of importance. Which task comes first, and which is more important?

• Take them bit-by-bit. After marking out which is more important, pick each task step by step. For instance, making this post was on my to-do list today, and this is how I went about it.
  i. Make some research on procrastination
  ii. Write out a draft.
  iii. Organize it to suit the points I want to make.
  iv. Type out my content
  v. Edit and post it on Steemit.

• Pay attention and identify when the urge to procrastinate comes. This way, you can easily find ways to get back to work.

• When you don't feel motivated, listen to music. Music is very soothing and motivates me to get on with my work. When I listen to music, my work gets by faster.

• Change environment If need be. Sometimes, your environment might encourage you to procrastinate.

• Refrain from checking social media every second. Concentrate on the take, for the time being, don't click on any ad, and don't be tempted to visit your social media account. If not, you might not get anything done.

• Just start working. Stop overthinking or waiting for the right minute.

• Give yourself a break. When you've worked too much and you are tired, take a break. Take a stroll or a nap. Then get back to work.

• If possible, have an accountability partner(s) who would check on you often to know how far you can get with your task.

• Appreciate yourself for every task you accomplish. If possible, pat yourself in the back, because it is not easy.

Thank you for reading my blog, I hope you can get started with your work after reading this.

I invite @lifeoflee @confydence @annabel9 to participate in this contest.