@Soulwriter 3 January 2022 more from that month

Procrastination Beating procrastination should be your number one priority if you want to achieve things in life. Procrastination gets in the way of almost everything you desire. The rational decision maker will make the rational decision to do something productive, but a procrastinator will do things that aren’t worth doing when they have work to get done. There was a time I had an exam to write, and instead of studying two weeks before the exam, something inside me will say, why not go on YouTube and watch interviews of Chimamanda Adichie, hahaha. All of that will take a while so we are not going to have room on the schedule for any work. I had to trick my brain into getting things done. That was what made me pass that exam that year. A procrastinator only cares about two things, easy and fun. Anytime a deadline gets too close or a danger, that’s when a procrastinator gets terrified. Non- procrastinators doesn’t exist. I think all of us are procrastinators, just that you might not be a mess like some of us, and some may be good at keeping to deadlines. I once had a friend who says “we are all still gonna die anyway, better enjoy now”. That has been her way of life. She doesn’t stress herself on anything, and does things at her convenient time. Procrastination will only bring you unhappiness, frustration and regrets. I had a conversation with my close friend two days before new year. She said she had started writing her resolutions for the new year, I wanted to know her resolutions, so I asked her what she wrote, and she said her number one is procrastination. She said she want to stop it by all means. She made me realize it is what is stopping her from doing most things, and not getting her to where she is supposed to be. And the worst thing about being a procrastinator is, you know exactly why you’re failing, but too afraid to tell anyone because you think someone will get even mad at you. As students, when we are given assignments by lecturers, we procrastinate, especially if it is a lecturer that accepts late work, meaning he can still collect it after a week from now, so why do it now when he’s still going to collect later. There are times here on read.cash, I envy people that write everyday, because I am always like, ohh! No inspiration today, I will tomorrow, and I might not even write till three days after. Nic Voge once said, procrastination isn’t shameful, it is not a sign of weakness, or flaw, it’s predictable. While surfing the internet last night, I came across ways to stop procrastinating, and one of them is : create a list with specific deadlines, this way you can beat the deadlines. 2) break bigger problems into manageable junks. As students I feel it shouldn’t be two weeks before exam you start reading. Reading a chapter of your courses everyday as school resumes helps a lot. 3) set aside time and space for work. The step is all about allowing yourself to truly focus without getting distracted. 4) remove distractions. Take note of the ways your attention wanders. Maybe you’re drawn to WhatsApp or instagram. Maybe you are prone to talking with friends, maybe there are too many tempting stuffs around you. Single out these distractions and eliminate them. 5) do one thing at a time. Multitasking is a myth. We humans can truly devote our minds to one task at a time. 6) reward yourself with breaks. I hope this help all of us including myself, because I’m trying to work on procrastination this new year. You can as well tell us how you’ve gotten rid of procrastination in the comment session. Take care😘