Prone to Procrastination? It’s decided that I will do it tomorrow. Then I put it off yet again. And so on. Procrastinating can be frustrating, costly, and disheartening. Why do I keep doing it? Why do you put off doing it?
There are many reasons. There are many reasons why I procrastinate. I have learned to distinguish between the reasons I don’t take on certain tasks or decisions. This has nothing to do wit failure, laziness or lack of willpower. “
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Are there good reasons to procrastinate?
I sometimes know that there are many reasons to procrastinate, fear of failure, or fear of success. If I do a great work, then everyone will expect me to do great work, or perfection. You can lose trust in yourself, end relationships and get fired if you procrastinate.
You also have to consider the long-term cost in terms of self-esteem and self-confidence. There are also the potential financial setbacks. I’m referring to the career and financial setbacks. These can be as simple as late fees or fines for not paying the required amount or you need to pay more. However, there may be valid reasons to procrastinate in certain circumstances. Let me simply say that procrastinating is a way to not do what you want, need, or desire to do. Yes.
I think you know what you are thinking. Keep reading. To determine if your procrastination is for a good, rational, logical, or unavoidable reason, you need to identify the reason. If it is logically sensible, unavoidable or logical, then you can let it slide and use that energy to beat someone. Okay, I was going to put it off, but everything is fine.
Reason #1 for Procrastinating – Waiting on something you don’t have
The first reason you procrastinate is because you are waiting on someone or something.
Reason #2 to Procrastinate: Doubts about a Person Involved
You are starting to doubt the person or people you are involved with.
Perhaps it’s a new couple and they love bomb you. It’s one thing for someone to say that after six months of being with you, but what about on their second date? If you are just standing in line at a donut shop, and the person behind you says that, you know? Except they are really good donuts (which I know I would), then that’s someone you would. I am married, but
Reason #3: Procrastinate because you need different skills or knowledge
You might need a degree or the right skills, tools and knowledge to fix the lightbulb in your oven.
Reason #4: You’re No Longer Committed
It’s exciting to ride on a SeaDoo, and you know how it feels. I’m going to start a SeaDoo business, and we’ll rent them all out! You know what happens next? The summer is over and you see an ad for charity that could help children for a decade.
Reason #5 to Procrastinate: Too Much Mental Effort
You’re exhausted because the task is too difficult.
Why do I accomplish some of my To-Dos, but delay, avoid, dread, and procrastinate over others? I always assumed the problem was me. Turns out it wasn’t.
It was frustrating. I’d put off the urgent, important, or meaningful tasks, unable to buckle down and start, until the day ran out. Then I’d vow, ‘I’ll get to it tomorrow… First thing… Or one of the first… Or…’
I couldn’t understand why I’d avoid simple jobs and manage to do other tasks quickly and easily. Even gladly!
Then I learned some simple reasons that instantly explained why I kept putting off some tasks and easily tackled others. Turns out, they were not all tasks. They were not all simple To-Dos. They were much more than that, a sequential stream of tasks. Understanding these distinctions made a big difference for me. I suspect it will for you as well.
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Prone to Procrastination? It’s decided that I will do it tomorrow. Then I put it off yet again. And so on. Procrastinating can be frustrating, costly, and disheartening. Why do I keep doing it? Why do you put off doing it?
There are many reasons. There are many reasons why I procrastinate. I have learned to distinguish between the reasons I don’t take on certain tasks or decisions. This has nothing to do wit failure, laziness or lack of willpower. “
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Are there good reasons to procrastinate?
Sometimes I realize there are many reasons to procrastinate, fear of failure, or fear of success. If I do a great work, then everyone will expect me to do great work, or perfection. You can lose trust in yourself, end relationships and get fired if you procrastinate.
You also have to consider the long-term cost in terms of self-esteem and self-confidence. There are also the potential financial setbacks. I’m referring to the career and financial setbacks. These can be as simple as late fees or fines for not paying the required amount or you need to pay more. However, there may be valid reasons to procrastinate in certain circumstances. Let me simply say that procrastinating is a way to not do what you want, need, or desire to do. Yes.
I think you know what I’m thinking. You’re asking “what?” Keep reading. To determine if your procrastinating is for a good, rational, logical, or unavoidable reason, you need to identify the reason. If it is logically sensible, unavoidable or logical, then you can let it slide and use that energy to beat someone. Okay, I was going to put it off, but everything is fine.
Reason #1 for Procrastinating – Waiting on something you don’t have
The first reason you procrastinate is because you are waiting on someone or something.
Reason #2 to Procrastinate: Doubts about a Person Involved
You are starting to doubt the person or people you are involved with.
Perhaps it’s a new couple and they love bomb you. It’s one thing for someone to say that after six months of being with you, but what about on their second date? If you are just standing in line at a donut shop, and the person behind you says that, you know? Except they are really good donuts (which I know I would), then that’s someone you would. I am married, but…
Reason #3: Procrastinate because you need different skills or knowledge
You might need a degree or the right skills, tools and knowledge to fix the oven light bulb.
Reason #4: You’re No Longer Committed
It’s exciting to ride on a SeaDoo, and you know how it feels. I’m going to start a SeaDoo business, and we’ll rent them all out! You know what happens next? The summer is over and you see an ad for charity that could help children for ten years.
Reason #5 to Procrastinate: Too Much Mental Effort
You’re exhausted because the task is too difficult.
Why do I accomplish some of my To-Dos, but delay, avoid, dread, and procrastinate over others? I always assumed the problem was me. Turns out it wasn’t.
It was frustrating. I’d put off the urgent, important, or meaningful tasks, unable to buckle down and start, until the day ran out. Then I’d vow, ‘I’ll get to it tomorrow… First thing… Or one of the first… Or…’
I couldn’t understand why I’d avoid simple jobs and manage to do other tasks quickly and easily. Even gladly!
Then I learned some simple reasons that instantly explained why I kept putting off some tasks and easily tackled others. Turns out, they were not all tasks. They were not all simple To-Dos. They were much more than that, a sequential stream of tasks. Understanding these distinctions made a big difference for me. I suspect it will for you as well.
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Visit us at /
Why do I accomplish some of my To-Dos, but delay, avoid, dread, and procrastinate over others? I always assumed the problem was me. Turns out it wasn’t.
It was frustrating. I’d put off the urgent, important, or meaningful tasks, unable to buckle down and start, until the day ran out. Then I’d vow, ‘I’ll get to it tomorrow… First thing… Or one of the first… Or…’
I couldn’t understand why I’d avoid simple jobs and manage to do other tasks quickly and easily. Even gladly!
Then I learned some simple reasons that instantly explained why I kept putting off some tasks and easily tackled others. Turns out, they were not all tasks. They were not all simple To-Dos. They were much more than that, a sequential stream of tasks. Understanding these distinctions made a big difference for me. I suspect it will for you as well.
Patreon
Visit us at /
Why do I accomplish some of my To-Dos, but delay, avoid, dread, and procrastinate over others? I always assumed the problem was me. Turns out it wasn’t.
It was frustrating. I’d put off the urgent, important, or meaningful tasks, unable to buckle down and start, until the day ran out. Then I’d vow, ‘I’ll get to it tomorrow… First thing… Or one of the first… Or…’
I couldn’t understand why I’d avoid simple jobs and manage to do other tasks quickly and easily. Even gladly!
Then I learned some simple reasons that instantly explained why I kept putting off some tasks and easily tackled others. Turns out, they were not all tasks. They were not all simple To-Dos. They were much more than that, a sequential stream of tasks. Understanding these distinctions made a big difference for me. I suspect it will for you as well.
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Do you have ADHD? Are you a procrastinator? If so, you’re not alone. In this video I talk about what causes low motivation and procrastination what you can do about it.
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References
Wise R. A. (2002). Brain reward circuitry: insights from unsensed incentives. Neuron, 36(2), 229–240.
Volkow ND, Wang GJ, Newcorn JH, et al. Motivation deficit in ADHD is associated with dysfunction of the dopamine reward pathway. Mol Psychiatry. 2011;16(11): 1147-1154.
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Wise R. A. (2002). The brain reward circuitry: insight from unsensed incentives. Neuron, 36(2), 229-240.
Volkow ND, Wang GJ, Newcorn JH, et al. ADHD motivation deficit is linked to dysfunction of dopamine reward pathway. Mol Psychiatry. 2011;16(11): 1147-1154.
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Volkow ND, Wang GJ, Newcorn JH, et al. Motivation deficit in ADHD is associated with dysfunction of the dopamine reward pathway. Mol Psychiatry. 2011;16(11): 1147-1154.
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Disclaimer: All of the information on this channel is for educational purposes and not intended to be specific/personal medical advice from me to you. Watching the videos or getting answers to comments/question, does not establish a doctor-patient relationship. If you have your own doctor, perhaps these videos can help prepare you for your discussion with your doctor.
Prone to Procrastination? I decide, “I’ll do it tomorrow.” And then put it off again. And again. I know procrastinating is disheartening, frustrating, and costly. Why do I keep doing it? What is the reason for putting things off?
Actually there are many reasons. When I distinguish why I avoid certain decisions, tasks, or goals I’ve discovered that sometimes there is a valid reason as to why I’m procrastinating. It has nothing to do with fear of failure, laziness, or lack of will-power!”
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Are There Good Reasons to Procrastinate?
Sometimes, I know there are lots of bad reasons for procrastinating, fear of failure or even fear of success, so if I do a great job then everyone’s going to expect me to always do a great job, or perfectionism. There’s many reasons, but there are also severe costs, missed opportunities, lower quality work, because you’re in a rush, it can destroy trust in you, it can end relationships, it can get you fired.
Then there’s the cost long term in terms of your self-esteem, your self-confidence, I blew it again! Not to mention there’s the financial setbacks that can happen, the career and financial setbacks, I mean simple as uh late fees or fines because you left it too late, or you have to pay extra, or the sale is over. That said however, could there be in certain situations valid logical sensible reasons to procrastinate? To not do what it is you want to do, or need to do, or want and need to do, let me just say this. Yes.
Now I know what you’re thinking, you’re thinking “what??!” Stick with me. Now to figure out if you’re procrastinating for a good, or sensible, or logical, or inevitable reason, you have to distinguish what is the reason that you’re procrastinating, and if it is logical, sensible, unavoidable, then maybe you just let that task slide for now and you stop beating yourself up and instead you go use that energy to beat up someone, no, to do something that matters, like working on your model railroad. All right I was gonna put this off, but all right.
Reason #1 to Procrastinate – Waiting on Something You Don’t Have
So the first sensible, logical reason to procrastinate, is that you’re waiting on someone or something, you’re waiting on some information, some facts, detail, instructions, there’s supply chain issues.
Reason #2 to Procrastinate – Doubts About a Person Involved
You’re starting to have doubts about the person, or the people that you’re involved with, you have doubts about these people, even if they’re little HO scale people, your initial enthusiasm was there but now there’s that little bit of hesitation, you’re unsure, you’re suspicious, you’re having doubt, you’ve heard some rumors, boy they curse a lot, they’re really aggressive, things don’t add up, they’re smooth talkers.
Maybe it’s a new relationship and they’re love bombing you, it’s one thing if after six months of dating someone says I love you and I want to be with you forever, but on the second date? and if you’re just standing in line at the donut shop and you let the person behind you go ahead and they say that… you know? Well unless they’re really good donuts, because you know I would, that’s someone I would, well I am married but…
Reason #3 to Procrastinate – You Need Different Skills or Knowledge
It might be that you need a degree, or you don’t have the right skill, the right tools, the right knowledge, so maybe you have to hire someone with those skills or you want to change or replace the burned out light bulb in the oven and you’re not sure how to do that, maybe you go on YouTube but otherwise you’re thinking I’m a bad person for not fixing the light in the oven, and you’re not, you just don’t have the right tools, and you don’t know how to do it, and you should probably find out how to do it carefully because there’s a lot of electricity or gas and you know… stuff, it’s bad, it’s bad.
Reason #4 to Procrastinate – You Are No Longer Committed
You know what it’s like, you ride on a SeaDoo and this is exciting, I’m gonna start a SeaDoo company, we’ll rent them out! Then… you know, the summer ends and over the winter you see this ad for charity to help children and you realize boy all that money, like it was twenty thousand dollars, it could transform the lives of ten kids for a decade, and not add to greenhouse gases from the oil, and then you switch your priorities, and then you discover model railroading, you think well you know what those kids adversity builds character.
Reason #5 to Procrastinate – Too Much Mental Effort Needed
The task requires too much mental effort and you’re tired, you don’t have the mental energy, maybe it’s the end of the day, or for me at the end of a television season I would be tired and I take three or four days off, and then I would start working on proposals and get nowhere because I needed more than three or four days off after 120 days straight
Why do I accomplish some of my To-Dos, but delay, avoid, dread, and procrastinate over others? I always assumed the problem was me. Turns out it wasn’t.
It was frustrating. I’d put off the urgent, important, or meaningful tasks, unable to buckle down and start, until the day ran out. Then I’d vow, ‘I’ll get to it tomorrow… First thing… Or one of the first… Or…’
I couldn’t understand why I’d avoid simple jobs and manage to do other tasks quickly and easily. Even gladly!
Then I learned some simple reasons that instantly explained why I kept putting off some tasks and easily tackled others. Turns out, they were not all tasks. They were not all simple To-Dos. They were much more than that, a sequential stream of tasks. Understanding these distinctions made a big difference for me. I suspect it will for you as well.
Patreon
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Do you have ADHD? Are you a procrastinator? If so, you’re not alone. In this video I talk about what causes low motivation and procrastination what you can do about it.
Download the Pomodoro Technique Guide here: n
References
Wise R. A. (2002). Brain reward circuitry: insights from unsensed incentives. Neuron, 36(2), 229–240.
Volkow ND, Wang GJ, Newcorn JH, et al. Motivation deficit in ADHD is associated with dysfunction of the dopamine reward pathway. Mol Psychiatry. 2011;16(11): 1147-1154.
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Want to know more about mental health and self-improvement? On this channel I discuss topics such as bipolar disorder, major depression, anxiety disorders, attention deficit disorder (ADHD), relationships and personal development/self-improvement. I upload weekly. If you don’t want to miss a video, click here to subscribe.
Disclaimer: All of the information on this channel is for educational purposes and not intended to be specific/personal medical advice from me to you. Watching the videos or getting answers to comments/question, does not establish a doctor-patient relationship. If you have your own doctor, perhaps these videos can help prepare you for your discussion with your doctor.
Do you have ADHD? Are you a procrastinator? If so, you’re not alone. In this video I talk about what causes low motivation and procrastination what you can do about it.
Download the Pomodoro Technique Guide here: n
References
Wise R. A. (2002). Brain reward circuitry: insights from unsensed incentives. Neuron, 36(2), 229–240.
Volkow ND, Wang GJ, Newcorn JH, et al. Motivation deficit in ADHD is associated with dysfunction of the dopamine reward pathway. Mol Psychiatry. 2011;16(11): 1147-1154.
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For a full review of the service, watch this video w
If you use this link you will get a 10% discount on your first month. This is an option I’ve researched. I get a referral commission if you sign up.
Want to know more about mental health and self-improvement? On this channel I discuss topics such as bipolar disorder, major depression, anxiety disorders, attention deficit disorder (ADHD), relationships and personal development/self-improvement. I upload weekly. If you don’t want to miss a video, click here to subscribe.
Disclaimer: All of the information on this channel is for educational purposes and not intended to be specific/personal medical advice from me to you. Watching the videos or getting answers to comments/question, does not establish a doctor-patient relationship. If you have your own doctor, perhaps these videos can help prepare you for your discussion with your doctor.
Prone to Procrastination? It’s decided that I will do it tomorrow. Then I put it off yet again. And so on. Procrastinating can be frustrating, costly, and disheartening. Why do I keep doing it? Why do you put off doing it?
There are many reasons. There are many reasons why I procrastinate. I have learned to distinguish between the reasons I don’t take on certain tasks or decisions. This has nothing to do wit failure, laziness or lack of willpower. “
Patreon –
Website – /
Are there good reasons to procrastinate?
Sometimes I realize there are many reasons to procrastinate, fear of failure, or fear of success. If I do a great work, then everyone will expect me to do great work, or perfection. You can lose trust in yourself, end relationships and get fired if you procrastinate.
You also have to consider the long-term cost in terms of self-esteem and self-confidence. There are also the potential financial setbacks. I’m referring to the career and financial setbacks. These can be as simple as late fees or fines for not paying the required amount or being late. However, there may be valid reasons to procrastinate in certain circumstances. Let me simply say that procrastinating is a way to not do what you want, need, or desire to do. Yes.
Now that I understand what you are thinking, I can tell you that you are thinking “what?” Keep reading. To determine if your procrastinating is for a good, rational, logical, or unavoidable reason, you need to identify the reason. If it is logically sensible, unavoidable or logical, then you can let that task go for now. Okay, I was going to put it off, but everything is fine.
Reason #1 for Procrastinating – Waiting on something you don’t have
The first reason you procrastinate is because you are waiting on someone or something.
Reason #2 to Procrastinate: Doubts about a Person Involved
You are starting to doubt the person or people you are involved with.
Perhaps it’s a new couple and they love bomb you. It’s one thing for someone to say that after six months of being with you, but what about on their second date? If you are just standing in line at a donut shop, and the person behind you says that, you know? Except they are really good donuts (which I know I would), then that’s someone you would. I am married, but…
Reason #3: Procrastinate because you need different skills or knowledge
You might need a degree or the right skills, tools and knowledge to fix the oven light bulb.
Reason #4: You’re No Longer Committed
It’s exciting to ride on a SeaDoo, and you know how it feels. I’m going to start a SeaDoo business, and we’ll rent them all out! You know what happens next? The summer is over and you see an ad for charity that could help children for a decade.
Reason #5 to Procrastinate: Too Much Mental Effort
You’re exhausted because the task is too difficult.
Why do I accomplish some of my To-Dos, but delay, avoid, dread, and procrastinate over others? My problem was always me. It turned out that it wasn’t.
It was frustrating. It was frustrating. I would put off urgent, important or meaningful tasks until the end of the day. I would then promise, “I’ll get it done tomorrow… Or one the first… Or
.”
It was hard to understand why I would avoid doing simple tasks and do other tasks fast and easily. Even gladly!
I was then able to identify simple reasons why I kept putting off certain tasks while I could easily complete others. They weren’t all the same task. These were not simple tasks. These were more than just a list of To-Dos. They were a series of tasks. These distinctions made a huge difference in my life. It will do the same for you, I’m sure.
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