{"id":331946,"date":"2021-04-30T14:19:55","date_gmt":"2021-04-30T11:19:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/inform.com.de\/?p=331946"},"modified":"2021-06-16T00:23:00","modified_gmt":"2021-06-15T21:23:00","slug":"what-is-procrastination-and-how-to-get-rid-of-it-the-causes-and-methods-of-struggle-everything-you-need-to-know-about-procrastination","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/inform.com.de\/en\/what-is-procrastination-and-how-to-get-rid-of-it-the-causes-and-methods-of-struggle-everything-you-need-to-know-about-procrastination\/","title":{"rendered":"What is procrastination and how to get rid of it: the causes and methods of struggle. Everything you need to know about procrastination"},"content":{"rendered":"

What procrastination means and how to identify it<\/h2>\n
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The term “procrastination” came to us from the English language and the meaning of this word literally is “delay.” In fact, this is the definition of such behavior.<\/p>\n

In simple terms, procrastination is a person's tendency to postpone their affairs to the very deadline. You probably have already met such people: “I'll have time for everything,” “it can be done next time,” “I still have a train of time,” “it will wait.”<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

The crux of the problem is that it won't wait. People deliberately miss useful time, waste it on all sorts of nonsense and trifles. And in order to do an important matter, they lack the strength, attitude, determination. This leads to frustration (futile expectations and disappointment).<\/p>\n

Many people think that procrastination is equal to laziness. It depends on what characteristic of this state to take. The synonyms of procrastination are often considered idleness, laziness, and a mirage. But laziness differs from procrastination in the complete absence of goal setting and desire to work, as well as idleness. And the mirage is rather close in meaning to the result – frustration.<\/p>\n

And now it's time to find out who a procrastinator is. How to identify it?<\/p>\n

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Procrastinators are people who come up with anything, just not to do what is needed now. They are strained by the very beginning of the business, although then it burns directly with them. But these constant promises like “in 5 minutes”, “just a little more”, “will tolerate 10 minutes” prevent you from starting your main work.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

The main signs of procrastinators are:<\/p>\n

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  • there is a desire to do something such, global;<\/li>\n
  • but then the person is distracted, consciously or unconsciously, by trifles, reassuring himself that he is busy;<\/li>\n
  • then the global business is finally pushed aside, while pangs of conscience begin (as I could), self-criticism (well, here I am again), justification (well, nothing, tomorrow …);<\/li>\n
  • the planned case is postponed until the moment when all the deadlines are already on fire, or it just needs to be abandoned;<\/li>\n
  • self-criticism increases, and then comes “well, okay, not much and it should have been”;<\/li>\n
  • and so constantly …<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

    If you recognize yourself in the description, you have joined the ranks of us – procrastinators. I know there is nothing to brag about, but sometimes I join their ranks too. But do not be upset, most people are susceptible to this state, it just manifests itself in everyone to a different degree.<\/p>\n

    There are even kinds of this state. When I read what procrastination can be, I realized that I have not lost everything. So, the views:<\/p>\n

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    • daily, household – only household chores are postponed;<\/li>\n
    • decision-making – a person delays decision-making: from small (what to wear today) to large (what job to get a job);<\/li>\n
    • neurotic is the postponement of global decisions (the choice of a life partner, profession, friends);<\/li>\n
    • academic – left for later passing the session, writing term papers, etc.;<\/li>\n
    • compulsive – both decisions and deeds are postponed, such a boat floating with the flow.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

      Academic procrastination<\/p>\n

      The essence of the phenomenon<\/h2>\n

      There is a significant difference between everyday laziness and procrastination. In the first case, a person avoids any activity, loafers. In the second case, he intends to start matters of paramount importance, but switches to more pleasant ones that have nothing to do with life plans. A person is active, but constantly does the wrong thing.<\/p>\n

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      Psychologists give the following definition to this phenomenon: the individual's tendency to postpone important matters, to avoid solving problems, fulfilling their obligations, replacing them with abstract affairs.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

      In simple terms, the essence lies in the constant postponement of serious, complex and, as a rule, unpleasant cases “for tomorrow.” That is, a person, going to start working, always decides that it can be done in a couple of hours, or on Monday, or in a month, and is technically distracted by all sorts of little things: social networks, cleaning, coffee, reading the news.<\/p>\n

      \"What<\/a><\/p>\n

      Let me illustrate with my own example. While writing this article, I first had to familiarize myself with the available materials. When it became necessary to take the first notes in order to capture ideas in a notebook, I decided that it would be better to brew tea instead. Naturally, further writing of the article was postponed at least for the time of tea drinking.<\/p>\n

      An even more striking example is Tim Urban, blogger, author of the Wait But Why website, and a former graduate student who flunked qualifying work. He was given a whole year to write his dissertation. But he wrote it not in a year, but in the last 3 days. Of course, the supervisor gave an extremely unflattering assessment.<\/p>\n

      He goes into detail on this, and also on the mindset of a typical “shelter” in the next video.<\/p>\n