Author : Jason Anderson
Be honest - are you one of those people who puts things off? It's ok - we all do it.
It's human nature. "Why do something today when you can do it tomorrow," or so
the saying goes. But procrastination (to give it it's "proper" name) can cost us more
than we can imagine.Why do we procrastinate? In general, we procrastinate because the task we are
putting off is unpleasant in some way. Either we don't like doing it (like calling a
bank), or there is some physical discomfort (like going to the dentist). The task may
even be boring and monotonous, or just plain difficult.But the effects of procrastination can run deeper than just not doing the task. Other
problems it may cause are:Being branded as lazy: When people notice that you haven't completed
particular tasks, you can be branded as a lazy person. Not only can this affect your
job or personal life (promotions and the like), but it may mean the tasks you really
want to do are offered to someone else who is considered more reliable!Creates clutter: Many unfinished tasks can leave a lot of clutter around -
books, papers or other items that are needed to perform the job.Bad for morale: There is nothing worse than knowing you have a job you
need to do, and knowing at the end of the day that the job wasn't done. It can make
you feel down, and even preoccupy your mind while you're trying to concentrate on
other things.You have no leeway: When you put something off, jobs accumulate. This
means if an urgent task suddenly comes in, you have no leeway to drop everything
and work on it - there are too many other outstanding things that need doing.It becomes more unpleasant: The job itself may not change by putting it
off, but the feeling in our mind of how unpleasant we think the job will be grows.
We think about how we have to explain not doing the job to other people, and the
whole situation feeds on itself and becomes ugly.Now to be fair, sometimes procrastinating isn't a conscious action. Particular jobs
just never seem to get done, even though you never consciously decided not to do
them. But at other times you do make the decision not to do the job at the moment,
and just put it off.But you can save yourself a lot of mental clutter, and perhaps even more discomfort
later on, if you just adopt a "do it now" attitude. Decide that you're just going to get
the job out of the way when it comes it, no matter how uncomfortable it may be. By
doing the job straight away, often you will realise that the discomfort you associated
with the task was simply your mind feeding on itself as you were putting it off. And
the sense of relief you get from finishing the task is well worth it.So, now you know about procrastination you have to ask yourself the question -
"what am I going to do about it?" Hopefully you will decide to banish procrastination
from your life, and reap the rewards of that decision!Learn how you can take control of your life and get more done today than you ever
thought possible by visiting http://www.timemanagementmentor.com where Jason
Anderson passes on essential information about the art of time management and
personal organization.
Keyword : procrastination,time management
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