Summary

The article outlines three distinct types of procrastination: The Perfectionist, The Dreamer, and The Avoider, along with strategies to overcome each type.

Abstract

The article "Here are 3 Types of Procrastination — What’s Your Type? And The Cure of It" identifies common procrastination behaviors and offers solutions for each. The Perfectionist procrastinates due to a fear of failure and sets unrealistically high standards, leading to inaction. The Dreamer prefers imagining tasks rather than executing them, often avoiding the hard work required to achieve goals. The Avoider is characterized by indecisiveness and a fear of the unknown, resulting in dependency on others and resistance to change. The article suggests practical strategies for each type, such as striving for excellence over perfection, distinguishing dreams from goals, and taking incremental steps towards completing tasks. It emphasizes the importance of action, even if imperfect, to overcome procrastination.

Opinions

The author acknowledges personal experience with procrastination, particularly as a perfectionist and avoider.
Procrastination is seen as a habit that can be cured with self-awareness and dedicated effort.
The article suggests that procrastination can lead to decreased productivity, increased stress, and missed deadlines.
Perfectionists are encouraged to set realistic goals and avoid "all or nothing" thinking.
Dreamers are advised to ground their thoughts in practical planning and to actively engage with others to turn ideas into action.
Avoiders are recommended to take decisive action, even if small, to build confidence and reduce dependency on others.
The author believes that any action, even if not perfect, is preferable to inaction when dealing with procrastination.

Here are 3 Types of Procrastination — What’s Your Type?

And The Cure of It

Okay, so everybody wanna work within their comfort zone, right? Most of the time this causes procrastination, which means there are high chance of replacing the activities or your important work with less important and enjoyable activities. It can lead to decreased productivity, increased stress and missed deadlines.

Did you ever do that? I did it many times, especially during school time, my notebook was always incomplete because I preferred gossiping more than completing my work and this habit led me to the worst performance in exams.

It takes time and dedication to cure the habit of procrastination, but it’s important to accept your baddies and cure them.

Let’s meet the types of Procrastination.

THE PERFECTIONIST:

Do you feel fear of failure so you avoid starting or completing the task to avoid failure? If yes then you lie down under this category.

I was this. I always avoided things to do because of All-or-nothing thinking.

This fear can be paralyzing and lead them to delay starting a task to avoid the possibility of falling short.

Perfectionists often set extremely high standards for themselves, which can be difficult to achieve. This can create a sense of overwhelm, making it hard to even begin a task because they feel it’s impossible to meet those standards.

Strategies for Perfectionist Procrastinators:

Strive for excellence rather than perfection.
Focus on what’s realistic rather than ideal.
Avoid “all or nothing” thinking Change your “have to”s to “want to”s.
Make a daily “to-do” list that’s short and practical.
Be clear about the purpose of your task.
Assign a time limit to each to deal with procrastination.

This will force you to stay focused and finish your task within the time frame.

THE DREAMER :

Do you enjoy making the ideal plan in your head rather than taking action? If yes, then ‘hello Dreamer!’

You are creative but it’s difficult for you to complete a task because as I said you enjoy doing tasks in your head but not practically and it causes delays in the task.

The dreamer procrastinator Tend to recoil from anything that might be difficult or distressing. They tend to be passive rather than active.Generally, they pay little attention to facts or details, making it hard to focus on and perform diffi- cult tasks and think of themselves as special people, for whom fate will intervene, making hard work and efficiency unnecessary.

Strategies for Dreamer Procrastinators:

Train yourself to differentiate between dreams and goals.
Develop the habit of thinking with “5 W’s and 1 H”: What, When, Where, Who, Why, and How.
Change your wishes, like-to’s, and try to’s to will’s.
Change your somedays and soons to specific times.
Plan each major project in writing, using a time line and specifying each step you will need to take Seek more interaction with other people.

THE AVOIDER:

Most of the time we are scared of taking on tasks that we think we can’t manage, can I call us worriers at this point? I read about the worrier procrastinator and it felt like it was defining me.

The characteristics are —

They tend to be indecisive and often fail to commit themselves to the specific decisions they make, lack confidence in their abilities, causing them to avoid or delay doing things. They often tend to be dependent upon others for advice, reassurance, nurturance, and help(sounds like me), have a high resistance to change, preferring the safety of the “known” over the risk of the “unknown.”

Strategies for the worrier/avoider procrastinator:

Recognize making no decision, is, in fact, a decision.
Change your I can’t statements to compound sentences: I can’t…but I can…
Each day, do at least one thing you’ve been consciously putting off Each week, do something that you’re generally uncomfortable doing.
Break down every large, intimidating project into an assortment of smaller, easier-to- manage tasks.

Finally, remember that imperfect action is generally better than no action, so you’ll benefit more from trying to do just a bit of the above, than from getting stuck doing nothing at all. Also, the longer you delay, the more likely you are to do nothing, so you should start right now, while understanding that you’ll probably get some things wrong at first, but that you’ll be able to improve your approach over time.