{"id":12027,"date":"2020-11-04T17:10:17","date_gmt":"2020-11-04T16:10:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/setaffiliatebusiness.com\/?p=12027"},"modified":"2022-06-27T20:58:17","modified_gmt":"2022-06-27T18:58:17","slug":"how-to-deal-with-procrastination","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/setaffiliatebusiness.com\/cz\/how-to-deal-with-procrastination\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Deal with Procrastination?"},"content":{"rendered":"

If you have procrastinated and felt bad about yourself – then stop! <\/p>\n\n\n\n

This is the first piece of advice I can give you. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mean to stop procrastination?
No I mean, stop beating yourself up for procrastinating.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We all have been doing it and probably still do. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Who am I? <\/p>\n\n\n\n

I am not a psychologist, nor a physician to give you a recommendation. That is why this article is solely about my opinion about procrastination and here I explain how I deal with it.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I am a person who has created this website and went through an emotional rollercoaster and have dealt with procrastination for more than a year (full-time)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I don’t want to bother you with all the details, so let’s get right into it. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Let’s start at the end. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

How do we know that we have won the fight against procrastination? 
Look at yourself a year ago or 2 years ago and compare it with today. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Is there progress? Did you accomplish any of your goals, or at least did you get closer to them? <\/p>\n\n\n\n

This can measure how well we deal with procrastination. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

And here is something concrete:
The number of written words since the end of 2017:<\/p>\n\n\n

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In February of 2018 I set up this website and I decided to create at least 3 articles per week (approximately 3,000 words per week). That was supposed to be a consistent activity.\u00a0
But it was far from it.
At the beginning of 2019, I realized that most of the year I did almost nothing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Back in 2018 – Was I lazy?
No, I was still at my 9-5, and I also created a schedule regarding my website…. but I couldn’t get into that. 
I remember driving around in my car, visualizing how I am gonna sit in front of my laptop and start writing. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

In reality?
I got home and instead of doing research and creating the content, I was checking Facebook, watching youtube, chatting with people I don’t even know…<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Long story short;
In 2019 I freaked out and said to myself that I can’t have another 2018 when it comes to activity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So as painful as it was I decided to do something with my site – I started to do research and slowly step by step I got to the point when I was able to write a 700-word article. 
It did not go easy, but somehow I pushed through.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I have trained my brain so he does not see the process of content creation as a painful experience, <\/p>\n\n\n\n

What is Procrastination (By Definition) <\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Some people (and even psychologists) call it laziness. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Procrastination is not laziness. 
Lazy people do not even try to accomplish something. 
Don’t get me wrong, a lot of us are lazy, but what I have in mind is the kind of people who do not even move from the sofa for an entire day.<\/p>\n\n\n

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You know what I mean and if you are reading this, it is definitely your case. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to Wikipedia<\/a>, Procrastination “is the action of delaying or postponing something.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On the other hand, procrastination is an activity we choose to do, instead of doing what we originally planned.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Let’s take an example:
(and if you have written an essay or a short article, you know what I am about to mention).
When it comes to writing, our brain goes 100 miles per hour, trying to find something “more important” than writing. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

So we go to wash the dishes, or the cloth, we need to call a friend, or check Facebook, Twitter, maybe the news, right?\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Why it is happening? <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The main reason is that our brain wants to do what is pleasurable at that specific moment. (Actually, we can train our brain to feel good in an uncomfortable situation, but it takes time).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So instead of the pain that is associated with writing, we want to do more pleasurable things, and thus we procrastinate. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

If you think about that it is really about what our brain associates pain and pleasure to. 
And if this sounds familiar to you, good for you. You have also probably heard of the Tony Robbins Personal Power II program<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Basically, we can deal with any situation once we learn how to associate:<\/p>\n\n\n\n