I think it is safe to say that many of us as freelancers tend to put things off and procrastinate more than we should. This is probably in part due to the fact that we sometimes take on more than we...
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As a freelance web developer, most of my work revolved around the web (obviously). Being able to meet client’s deadlines, publish web development tutorials, and post blog like this one. And when facing my entire day-to-day task sometimes procrastination comes about and that’s when the problem starts. It actually helps. What? Procrastination Helps? Read Along.
If you thinking you are a good cook and can catering business start well, then, start it. What’s stopping you? The catering business is much more in demand now as it ever was, since almost everyone now caters food for even little occasions for lack of time. You will need to put in effort though, [...]
Get off your duff and check your smoke detectors. If they are part of an overall alarm system, take the time to alert your alarm company and test them. Death overall kind of sucks but death by fire strikes me as too gruesome to even think about. So to avoid being a statistic check your smoke detectors. If you need new ones Consumer Search rates the First Alert Ultimate Series Battery-Powered Smoke
Don’t Procrastinate the Day of Maintaining Your Relationship"The secret of happiness is to make others believe they are the cause of it." Al BattAs a marriage counselor I’m often asked what to do when things aren’t quite the way they should be at home. I can and do offer some advice but often I wonder, “Why did you wait till now?” It seems that people will go to the doctor when they feel a flu coming on or take their child to the emergency because of the way their head feels and their eyes look, yet when it comes to a check up for their relationship they wait until it is almost time for the undertaker.It really doesn’t take as much energy to maintain a relationship as it does to repair one. And if you wait until the only way you can communicate is by the smoke signals coming ou
Words have failed me. I’m uninspired. I’ve sat in front of the laptop for hours and need a break.
Deep inside, I know that I’m just avoiding the need to do my homework and revision. Enough said. Time to break the procrastination cycle.
Logen
Procrastinating is thinking about
What you will be doing tomorrow
When it should have been done yesterday.
1. Your to-do list is getting too long. Clear them before you run out of paper or you would be guilty of killing trees.
2. Your health is heading south. Start exercising or you will need a wider door.
3. Your laundry basket is overflowing, soon you will run out of undies. You could wash them or buy more. Washing is the cheaper alternative.
4. If you spent the time doing the work instead of procrastinating, you would have completed the work already.
5. Taking action kills less brain cell as you concentrate on doing and not thinking!
6. You are not cool if you procrastinate! Have you seen a procrastinating celebrity? If they procrastinate, you won’t be hearing about them right?
7. Procrastination is Painful. Painfully slow.
8. You will be bored staring at the same thing day after day. Get it over with so you can stare at something new.
9. Your inertia is building up. If
Hey Folks,
Have you been taking massive actions in moving towards your goal since my last post? If your answer is yes, that’s GREAT! If your answer is no, then you may have met the monster that eats success for supper and it’s name is PROCRASTINATION!
Do you like the cartoon? It depicts a mild form of procrastination but is procrastination nonetheless. In this instance, laziness is the root of procrastination.
So what are the other causes of procrastination? I have personally experience the following at one time or another:-
1) Fear Of Failure - This is very common among, well, everybody. I have never heard of anyone who wished upon themselves to be failures or to fail in everything they do. But being fearful of failing is probably the number one cause that prevents most people from moving forward!
2) Not Painful Enough - This is the most common among employees. Their job pays just well enough but never really enough. The work is just stressful enough but just a hairline b
I was sitting at my home yesterday trying to think of an article for tomorrow, when I kept telling myself I will think of it later after this TV show. Thirty minutes pass by and another good show came on, “Hell’s Kitchen”, and I decided to wait it out again with the topic I want [...]
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Have you ever spent time thinking about a task you need to tackle but keep putting off, then spend time telling yourself you just must get started and wondering when you will start it, and then feeling guilty because you are working on other tasks instead. Yet this one keeps hanging over your head. If this sounds familiar, you may be one of the many people who procrastinate, and procrastination is probably the biggest time waster.
Putting off the inevitable, sometimes until a deadline is staring you in the face, causes the highest stress level, and results in managing time by crises. There are many reasons why people procrastinate. For some it happens occasionally under specific circumstances, and for others, it is a way of life. Here we will explore a few of the reasons behind why people procrastinate.
1. Poor work habits. These people procrastinate on everything. They are so far behind that they are constantly trying to keep up with yesterday. Boy, talk about high stress!! Their resp
The way our brains function is by avoiding pain and seeking pleasure. We like the instant gratification that comes with avoiding a difficult or boring task. This primitive mental scripting can be used to our advantage.
A Look At Pain
The pain associated with beginning a task that is either too difficult or too boring is what causes us to procrastinate. By not doing this task, we temporarily relieve ourselves of the incoming mental anguish and allow ourselves to indulge in activities that are more fun, but less important.
There is the other pain, the one where we arrive late or miss a deadline. We quickly consider this pain, but since disaster is not eminent we are able to clear our conscience and put this task on the back burner.
We know that the second of these pains is the worst of the two evils. By missing our deadline or doing work that isn’t satisfactory we are hurting ourselves more. This is where I’ll show you how we can take advantage of this pain and utilize it for
For all you procrastinators out there, here's a nuts 'n bolts guide on how to legally postpone the filing of your Year 2002 income tax returns.
When it comes to putting things off, you can never plan too far ahead!
In many cases the IRS allows you to file a 'no-questions- asked' extension form. Which particular form you file depends on what type of entity your business happens to be.
