I have strong procrastination tendencies – I sometimes think that if it weren’t for the last possible moment, I wouldn’t get anything done. Better time management and organization have helped me overcome a lot of my delaying habits, but there are some projects and tasks on my to-do list that even now have been put off repeatedly.
In my post Control Your Time and Become a More Successful Artist I mentioned how helpful Michael Hyatt’s blog has been to me in better organizing my time. In a blog post, Hyatt lists reasons we might be procrastinating and suggests understanding why we procrastinate will help us overcome procrastination.
- You aren’t clear about your goals.
- You haven’t identified your why.
- You haven’t chunked the project down to bite-size pieces.
- You are distracted by too many tasks.
- You haven’t built in any accountability
Read the full post for some great ideas on how to stop procrastinating.
Of course, if you don’t have time now you can always wait until later…