How many times do we have something important to do and postpone it to the point where we do nothing, do you think this negligence is justified?Do you think the situation has no solution?, we will explain what the dilation is, what its implications are and how to combat it.
Procrastination is a behavioral habit related to desire and willingness to act, it refers to the action of delaying or deferring situations or activities that we have pending and that need to be resolved.
- Imagine 50 to inform one of your best customers.
- Your boss is putting pressure on you because a very important business depends on this report.
- The most consistent thing is to finish it as soon as possible.
- But procrastination prompts you to postpone it.
- In fact.
- You perform countless small.
- Superfluous and expandable tasks.
- Leaving the big report for the weekend.
Another example. Her purse was stolen and carries, among other things, her identity, her driver’s license and several credit cards. Normally, you open a file, cancel your credit cards and ask for a duplicate of your driver’s license. If it did not, it would be, in addition to somewhat careless behavior, a way of putting things off.
Procrastination is often used to refer to the feeling of anxiety caused by not having the will to complete a to-do task.
In previous cases we would postpone a setback indefinitely, although we know that this is a truly urgent situation and must be resolved without delay, this lack of resolution creates some weight. Delaying duty does not result in a reduction in anxiety, anger or anxiety that we may feel, but quite the opposite.
These inconveniences will increase over time and the conflict is not resolved, the person knows that something important is pending and that if he does not attend to it he will be harmed, in addition, if this behavior occurs continuously, it can become very serious. Habit difficult to change and very harmful.
Procrastinators live for a long time in a kind of lethargy, are immersed in unimportant activities, while the other tasks they must perform are left at the last moment or never performed.
When we delay urgent tasks or situations, we do so for two reasons: because we replace it with another more pleasant or irrelevant activity; or simply because we prefer to do nothing.
If the justification is that we are squeezed by another task, we will fall victim to the ‘here and now’. Today, there is a tendency to consider what seems urgent on a day-to-day life, so we delay major projects. with better rewards or long-term benefits.
If we prefer to do nothing we become our own enemies, if it is good to rest from time to time, fall into laziness, discouragement, discouragement or selflessness goes against ourselves. Dilation is an enemy habit of productivity and does not allow us to harness our potential.
Some simple tips that can reduce your procrastination level involve asking you these questions:
Once answered, your attitude may have changed. However, you still need more strategies to combat it:
There are some theories that speak of positive procrastination to refer to the good intention behind the negative attitude of procrastinators, it is an instrumental approach that advocates how people act to gain an advantage, for example, to avoid tasks that bother us, get bored or very mechanical, so as not to generate confrontations, violent or painful situations.
In this sense, for very perfectionist people, delay can even be a virtue, so as not to do something hastily and running so that the result is optimal, they decide to delay the task and do not begin until they have done so. long enough to finish perfectly.
Other authors speak of productive laziness. They define it as what motivates people to look for cognitive tricks, solutions or shortcuts to perform a task with minimal effort.
Running away from responsibility or taking refuge in unnecessary tasks can make you a chronic procrastinator. Solve this problem and try to abandon this attitude. Prioritize solving more complex problems or tasks first. You will see how you feel better about yourself!