Procrastination
why do I procrastinate
Procrastination is not a time-management failure but a mood-repair strategy: the task provokes an unpleasant feeling and delay relieves it. This is why better scheduling rarely fixes it and why reducing the emotional weight of starting usually does.
What to do about it
Shrink the first step until it is too small to dread. Two minutes.
Books that work on this
Each is a 90-day programme. Start with the first — later books assume the work in the earlier ones.
The Discipline Blueprint$6.99
Discipline Over Motivation$6.99
The Iron Routine$6.99
Crushing Soft Habits$6.99
The 5AM Tax$6.99
Standards Beat Goals$6.99
Show Up Anyway$6.99
Drag The Wand$6.99Part of the Discipline series.
How people say it
Nobody looks this up by its clinical name. These are the ways it actually gets said.
- why do I procrastinate
- I put everything off
- I know what to do and do not do it
- procrastinating on important things
- starting is the hardest part
- I clean the house instead of working
- last minute panic every time
- avoiding the thing that matters
- why do I self sabotage
Written by Brian Spiker, who has run Spiker Carpet and Tile Care since 2013 — the receipts. More terms in the encyclopedia.