Doyoualwaysnotbeabletogetoutofyourbed?Doyoualwaysputoffyourimportantworklater..laterandlater?Haveyoueverstayeduplatetodoyourhomeworkorpreparedfortomorrow’sexams?Ifyouoftendosuchthingslikethese,maybeyouhavehadtheprocrastination.1.Whatisprocratination?2.Reasonsforprocrastination3.Negativeeffectsofprocrastination4.Howtoovercomeprocrastination1.Basically,procratinationistheactofputtingoffessentialtasksuntilalatertime.And,itusuallyresultsfromgreatstressandanxiety.MaybeeveryonehasexperiencedthefollowingpsychologicalchangesAtfirst,whenwereceiveaessentialtask,adeadlineisset,maybethereisoneweekuntiltheassignmentishandedin.Then,wewillownthefalsesenceofsecuritythatwehaveaplentyoftime.But,astimegoseby,wewilltalktoourselves,forexample,”IwillgetstartedsoonorIonlyworkwellunderpressure.”Atlast,panicandstressisreallycoming.And,atthattime,maybeyouwillsay:”Oh,no!theassighmentshouldbehandedintomorrow!”Thesearealltheperformanceofprocrastination.2.whywesufferfromprocrastination?Thereare4simplereasonsasfollows:Firstly,thetaskseemstoohardforustodo.secondly,ourfreetimeisunavailableuntiltheweekend,thirdly,wearelackofknowlegdesandskills.Besides,wedon’twanttomakeamistakeuntilwe’resureit’sright.Atlast,thefeareveryonewillknowwemadeamistakewillalsocauseprocrastination.However,Therearealso3complexreasonsforprocrastinationthatwecan’tignore.Thefirstreasonisperfectionism.Thepersonwhoisaperfectionist,maybethinkthatifican’tdoitright.Idon’tdoitatall.Thesecondreasonisthehostilitytoassignmentsorleaders,ifwearehostiletoouressentialtask.wewillrefusetotakeourbesteffortstofinishthetaskoutofspite.Thelastreasonislowself-evaluation,itwillminimizeourabilities.3.Whatisnegativeeffectsofprocrastination.Tomymind,missingdeadlineisthemostseriousconsequenceofprocrastination.Andthequalityofourworkmaysuffer,especiallyifit’sdoneatthelastminite.Atthesametime,itcanaddtoourstresslevelsandaffectourlifeoutsidework.,suchaslettingourselvesdown,notachievingourfullpotentialandsoon.4.Bytheway,Doyouknowwhatpercentageofpeopleprocrastinate?It’sasurprisingnumber.95%.So,whatcanwedotoovercomeprocrastination.Therearesomehelpfultips:Writedownourtasksinvisibleplacewiththeirduedates.Makethetaskslookeasyinourmind.Breakthetaskinseveralparts.Modifyyourenvironmenttoencourageaccomplishingthetask.Tellyourfamilyorfriendsaboutyourgoal.Theywillmotivateyoualongtheway.Rewardforyourselfforajobwelldone.That’sall,thankyouforyourlistening