It hasHas it happened to you?

But, firstt of all, what does procrastination mean?

You see, looking for instant gratification it's not the best decision all the time.

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Whenever we think about an uncomfortable activity, the pain center of the brain lights up.

Our rational decisition maker helps us to see a big picture, to have long term plans, and to visualize the future.

The instant gratification monkey, instead, wannats to do easy and fun activities.

Slang like "wanna" is best avoided in written form.

Whenever we're procrastinating, our instant gratification monkey takes the wheel and we enter to the "dark playground," in which we do a happy activity ignoring the boring (and sometimes important) ones.

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This has a cost, however, as it causes you stress, anxiety, and so on.

This reminds me theof Parkinson's Law, which states "works sexpands so as to fill the time available for its completion."

This means that if we give ourselfves two hours to complete an activity, we'll use the full two hours.

The same happens if we gives ourselves ten minutes: we'll use the complete ten minutes to complete the activity.

Procrastination is like a habit and, in order to stop it, we need to analylze it.

Some authors like James Clear includes 'craving', meanwhile, Barbara Oakley mentions the 'belief' as a part of a habit.

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I've already mentioned that we procrastinate over uncomfortable activities and do the pleasant ones, but what if those uncomfortable activities were pleasant?

That's another key to beat procrastination: make uncomfortable activities funniermore fun and easyier to do.

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In order to do that, divide your goal into easy-to-complete micro goals and ask yourself, "how can I make this activity more pleasant?".

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This can help you to diminish procrastination but if your space is sourrounded by distractions, it will become even harder.

Then, ask yourself, "how can I get rid of distractions?".

For example, turn off notifications, use headphones and listen to your favorite music, and charge your digital device in the kitchen and not in the bedroom.

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Summary ¶
- Set deadlines ¶
- Identify what prompts you to procrastinate ¶
- Find ways to make uncomfortable activities more pleasant ¶
- Get rid of distractions

YProcrastination is when you need to do something uncomfortable, so you funnel your attention into a more pleasant task and thenso you feel happy temporarily.

It hasHas it happened to you?

But, firstt of all, what does procrastination mean?

Procrastination /proʊˌkræs.tɪˈneɪ.ʃən/ :¶
The action of delaying or postponing something.

You see, looking for instant gratification it's not always the best decision all the time.

Tim Urban humorously explains it in his TedTalk by saying that we have a rational decision-maker and an instant gratification monkey in our mind.

Our rational decisition maker helps us to see athe big picture, to havmake long term plans, and to visualize the future.

The instant gratification monkey, instead, wannats to do easy and fun activities.

This Panic Monster terrifies the monkey and finally the rational decision maker takes the control of your mind.

This reminds me theof Parkinson's Law, which states "works sexpands so as to fill the time available for its completion."

This means that if we give ourselfves two hours to complete an activity, we'll use the full two hours.

The same happens if we gives ourselves ten minutes: we'll use the complete ten minutes to complete the activity.

Procrastination is like a bad habit and, in order to stop it, we need to analylze it.

As you may know, a habit has three fundamental parts: the cue, response and reward.

Some authors like James Clear includes a 'craving', meanwhile, Barbara Oakley mentions the 'belief' as a part of a habit.

That's another key to beat procrastination: make uncomfortable activities funniermore fun and easyier to do.

In order to do that, divide your goal into easy-to-complete micro goals and ask yourself, "how can I make this activity more pleasant?".

Then, ask yourself, "how can I get rid of distractions?".

For example, turn off notifications, use headphones and, listen to your favorite music, and charge your digital device in the kitchen and, not in the bedroom.