The Negative Effects of Procrastination

About 4 out of every 10 people avoid facing difficult task and deliberately look for distractions, and unfortunately there are distractors everywhere. When there is a significant period between when you intended do a job and the time you actually did it, you procrastinated.

Procrastination is putting tasks off to the last possible minute; you procrastinate when you shelve things you should be focusing on like right now for something else, usually something you are more comfortable doing. Procrastination is the science of delay.

Know that there is a difference between procrastination and prioritizing. Rescheduling something very important for genuine reasons for a day or two may not be procrastination as long as it is not reoccurring. When you feeling tired and you put off doing a task just so you can get some rest is not procrastination, again as long as it is not reoccurring. If you are just making up excuses because you don’t want to do something at that very moment, then you are procrastinating.

Procrastination can be a major problem in both your career and your personal life because procrastination is the thief of time. When you keep putting off things, they keep piling up and getting in your way of achieving other things. Then you have missed opportunities, frenzied work hours, feel stressed, guilt and resentment; you find you are being overwhelmed easily because there is just so much to do.

People who procrastinate overtime have it as a deeply ingrained habit. Are there ways to put off and avoid procrastinating? Off course there are. Knowing that you are procrastinating is the first step. Making efforts to stop is the greatest thing you can do for yourself.

Procrastination like every other habit cannot be broken over nigh...

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...nt in a week because you wake up late, and then you rush off to work and then you get back from the office and watch TV or eat out with friends. You back at home to sleep and wake up late the next day, voila the circle repeats itself. Take charge of yourself and your time. Spend less time on frivolities and more time on more important task.

Feeling Lazy? When you feel lazy, even simple tasks seem like too much work because your energy is too low compared to the energy required by the task. If you blame the task for being too difficult or tedious, you'll procrastinate to conserve energy. Raise your energy level by eating right and exercising regularly. It is no secret that a fit person can handle much more task than an unfit person even though the difficulty of the task remains same. Improve on your eating habit; make your diet abundant in raw fruits and vegetables.