I’d be a billionaire right now! and would probably be writing this blog post on an exotic island, beach side, drink in hand, with no worries in the world. I’d have a villa in Italy, apartments in Barcelona and houses in Costa Rica. I’d be a world traveler! I would absolutely love my job. I don’t know exactly what my job would entail but after a couple years of procrastinating I would definitely figure it out.
So what is procrastinating? According to dictionary.com it means to defer action; delay, to put off to another day or time.
For me it is the words; LATER or TOMORROW. I’ll do my homework later. I’ll clean my room tomorrow. I’ll work out later. I’ll pay my parking ticket tomorrow. Everything gets pushed back until it all boils down to 1 or 2 days to accomplish all of those things! But wait, can’t procrastinating technically be your own work style? Like couldn’t one argue that the same amount of work could be produced by a given date even though the start date may vary? I would absolutely argue the statement as true. But sometimes procrastinating is exhausting and quite frankly very annoying. When I finally finish a task, I always think to myself “if I had just started earlier” or “wow that didn’t take long.”
For all you procrastinators out there, I applaud you because it’s hard work. We have to know when to procrastinate, what to procrastinate on, how long to procrastinate. There’s a science to it. But, since I don’t see procrastinating being offered as a job any time in the near future, below are a few tips I found (while I was supposed to be studying) on the internet on how to avoid the bad habit:
- 1. Break your work into little steps: dividing up the work a little day by day really helps alleviate the stress in the end.
- Change you’re work environment: this is the hardest challenge for me! I LOVE doing my work in my bed, but recently I’ve branched out to the couch and even the dining room table which seems to help.
- Get a buddy: I find that hanging out with friends who have similar goals makes it is easier to stay motivated.
- Tell people about your goals: it’s harder to put something off if your goals are shared with others.
- Get a grip and just do it: in the words of Nike “just do it”.
Welp, I’m off to study! ❤
Thehawtlife 
Some added insight:
As a seasoned veteran of procrastination from my recent college days, I have learned in the past year and a half of working in the so-called real world that it would have helped to be firmly focused on the big picture. As an engineering student it was often hard to see how all of the seemingly redundant math and equations would apply to my future career, but if I had thought less about the application and more about the pure necessity of the knowledge to acquire my job, it may have been easier to focus. Procrastinators such as myself often look for excuses to put things off; my method of choice was belittling the significance of the assigned tasks. I agree that breaking your assignments down into smaller steps and milestones is a great approach. It makes it easier to see your progress even when there may be much more left to complete. I think it may also be very helpful to also keep in mind that all of those steps are imperative to achieve your end goal.
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