3 Tips That Will Help You Stop Procrastinating

Take control of your life

Saeed Ahmad
Two Minute Madness

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There are days when we feel less motivated to do work. Everyone has days like that. Usually, we procrastinate and end up doing nothing.

Sometimes, we also tend to think that feeling unproductive on certain days is harmful. It’s something perceived as not that good by ourselves.

Ideally, everyone wants to be productive every day.

Don’t run behind ‘idealistic’ goals:

Amongst us, nearly every one of us has some goals. We want to achieve these goals and feel satisfied when we see ourselves achieving something in this regard.

On a similar note, we feel down when we think we are not able to do anything. We think that it’s not something normal. Some people will take it more seriously.

Take it easy. Be real. Make a list of achievable goals, then start working on them.

Give yourself some ‘free’ time:

Usually, when we plan, we make it too ‘serious’ for us. Having some leisure time for yourself while pursuing your goals is really important.

Here’s a list of things that you can do in the stipulated free time:

  • Go out for a walk
  • Watch something
  • Spend some time with your family
  • Spend it on something you love

Taking short breaks helps you recollect your energy. You will go back to work passionately since you have refueled yourself with a break.

Do less with ‘focus’:

An important thing these days is to doing less and staying focused. There are a lot of buzzwords around you these days. It’s effortless to get distracted when seeing so many attractive things around you.

If you want to focus on fewer things, it’s essential to outline your priorities and what you want to achieve.

“Concentrate all your thoughts upon the work at hand. The sun’s rays do not burn until brought to a focus.”
- Alexander Graham Bell

If you do that, you can make a plan to work towards your goals. At the same time, you can track and quantify things when you have some clear goal ahead.

Go ahead!

You are going to rock!

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Saeed Ahmad
Two Minute Madness

I help developers to be better engineers! 💻 Software Engineer | 📈 Data Science | 💼 Entrepreneurship | 🧠 AI | 🖋️ Writer at DEV with 250K+ views.