How to procrastinate profitably, streamline life and get benefits

Have fun meaningfully

Putting off important things for later, we rarely sit idly by. The limbic system requires pleasure.

Perhaps, in the list of tasks for the day, week, or month, there is something quite amusing: make a board for visualizing desires, write a devastating text about one of the latest trends, or buy a down jacket for the winter. This is much more useful than watching a social media feed.

Disassemble the rubble

Often, a reluctance to concentrate on a specific task signals the need for rest. And the best rest is a change of activity.

Look up from the monitor and relax your mind. In the office, you can water the accounting ficus or finally spread out the pile of accumulated papers in folders, boxes and trash cans.

At home, the possibilities are even greater: you can disassemble the closet, cook dinner, or even wash the windows. Practitioners of this method admit that after switching from brain activity to physical activity, they can look at the task from a different angle, find a simpler and more successful solution. And if it doesn't work out, at least there will be perfect order around.

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By postponing the solution of a creative problem, we create an incubation period for ourselves - a time when we need to distract ourselves, while the brain in the background will cope with the task on its own, the solution will appear as if from nowhere. "Eureka", "The morning is wiser than the evening" - this is just about that.

Get a second job

Procrastination makes money! People who, in addition to their main job, perform tasks on freelance approach them with special inspiration. Especially when you don't feel like doing your main job.

If there is no energy left for remote projects, you can always switch to the main task.

However, both work and freelancing should address areas of activity that bring you pleasure. The subconscious mind cannot be fooled!

Make a list of things for later

Create a separate document for the tasks that you will do when you want to postpone the main tasks for later. You can make a list just at such times.

Wash your car, pay utility bills, take your coat to the dry cleaner, write a vacation application, update your resume, call your mom - there are a lot of little things that are forgotten and accumulate. The periods of stagnation in work will be enough for their final solution.

Review the level of responsibility

What if you take a problem too seriously? Take the time to spend five minutes figuring out what makes you feel less enjoyable at work.

If you abandon a part of the project, will the overall picture change?

Perhaps, it is enough to get rid of unnecessary things or postpone an unpleasant task for later in order to finish all things in a matter of hours.

Think if you need all this

You can read tons of books about getting rid of procrastination, and then get inspired by this article and try to benefit from it. But if time passes, and the task is not solved in any way, think about whether it needs to be done? If you don't see any benefits in your work, then you are most likely doing something wrong.

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It is worth taking the time to self-analyze and honestly talk to yourself about what exactly makes you procrastinate: you are scared, not interested, it is a protest against someone's pressure, an attempt to carve out time for yourself, or creative incubation. And then it will be possible to find a way to satisfy both needs - to complete the task and to rest. The bottom line is to listen to yourself, not to ignore your needs, to find inner agreement.

Find ways to help you tune in to work. Or reconsider your life calling. It's never too late to do it. Enjoy both work and procrastination.