No more procrastination

Mudassar Saeed
Aug 23, 2017 · 3 min read

Are you a procrastinator?

A 1992 study showed that “52 [percent] of surveyed students indicated having a moderate to high need for help concerning procrastination.”[2] It is estimated that 80–95 percent of college students engage in procrastination, and approximately 75 percent consider themselves procrastinators.

Now what are the ways to overcome procrastination?

Adopt Anti-Procrastination Strategies

Ø Make up your own rewards.

Ø Ask someone else to check up on you. Peer pressure works! This is the principle behind slimming and other self-help groups, and it is widely recognized as a highly effective approach.

Ø Identify the unpleasant consequences of NOT doing the task.

Ø Work out the cost of your time to your employer. As your employers are paying you to do the things that they think are important, you’re not delivering value for money if you’re not doing those things. Shame yourself into getting going!

Guess what? You would have gone through all these techniques but no fear when Promodoro technique is there. The Pomodoro Technique is a time management method developed by Francesco Cirillo in the late 1980s.[1] The technique uses a timer to break down work into intervals, traditionally 25 minutes in length, separated by short breaks. These intervals are named pomodoros, the plural in English of the Italian word pomodoro (tomato.

According to research human focus on a particular aspect for 25 minitues.Hey wait! wait! wait! what does it actually means, does it means we should switch to another mode after every 25 minutes of life. Yes! I got it that’s the promodoro technique is all about.

Promodoro Methodology

1. Decide on the task to be done.

2. Set the pomodoro timer (traditionally to 25 minutes).[1]

3. Work on the task until the timer rings.

4. After the timer rings put a checkmark on a piece of paper.[5]

5. If you have fewer than four checkmarks, take a short break (3–5 minutes), then go to step 2.

6. After four pomodoros, take a longer break (15–30 minutes), reset your checkmark count to zero, then go to step 1.

Recently I adopted this methodology, believe me it was too effective although I had to face many obstacle because I was not use to it but now I am sure that it really works.

I started reading chapter of internal biochemistry, that I normally do in five to six hours just because I start focusing on unnecessary things during it. Set a timer for 25 minutes, focused fully on my mission.Oh my God! really it was not easy for me to control my innocent sentiment to have some pleasure along with work, there came awesome ideas about reading something interesting e.g. (Stars Gossips)But I did not stop working, this idea of taking rest after 25 minutes kept my morale high and I did not stop like I was used to do previously.

Guess what? I the whole chapter just three hours that I supposed to do in minimum 5 hours by taking break after break, Hurrah! it was a amazing, I did it.

Finally I get rid of procrastination, just because the one and only Promodoro Technique.

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