Mental Health

A Quick Tip to Overcome Procrastination

It might help us to become prolific writers.

This article is an extract from my book titled Powerful Life-Changing Hacks That Truly Transformed My Life, which is available for Medium readers.

As a writer, I learned to refrain from procrastination by motivating myself with deliberate actions. Taking action, even when they seem to be hurting, helped me to overcome my fear, anxiety, and fatigue.

Learning to deal with procrastination effectively can be a critical success factor for writers to produce more content and attract more readers.

Procrastination is a natural tendency and may have many underlying causes.

The symptoms usually manifest as fatigue, lack of appetite, and a craving for comfort. Our primitive brain in the survival model can manufacture a myriad of excuses.

I deal with procrastination kindly, deliberately, and compassionately.

For example, as soon as noticing my mind dwelling in the default procrastination mode, I try to have a friendly conversation with myself and kindly ask my neo-cortex to take over. This conscious prompt can activate the action center in the brain.

Even though self-talk is usually frowned upon in traditional settings, I took the plunge and shared my personal conversations in this article. I enjoy thinking and acting beyond the box.

Most of the time, my healthy neo-cortex takes over nicely, and the reptilian brain quietens. The mighty limbic system stops supporting the reptilian part and starts supporting the neo-cortex. With this winning transition, I feel the balance manifesting as motivation.

Learning how to stop procrastinating in earlier days of life helped me to meet new people, create new opportunities, and become grateful for my blessings.

Awareness of rewards can be an excellent learning tool that can help us move from procrastination to action mode. This awareness can be a success factor for writers to be productive and prolific.

This approach helped me clear my task backlog efficiently and effortlessly. As mentioned in my agile and design thinking practices, I dump all my tasks in a backlog. Check my tips on doing less and achieving more.

As time goes by, some tasks go to the top of the list, and some sink to the bottom.

My priorities are determining factors for these task promotions, demotions, and fluctuating ups and downs.

As a principle, if a task requires further analysis, deeper thinking, and detailed planning, I usually allocate an opportune time to undertake it and act on it when that time comes. This practice removes the fear of big tasks especially when my energy level is not up to scratch.

Developing a plan, setting priorities, and acting on the plan can be excellent success factors in our writing endeavors. Plans can be seen as mental rehearsals and can help us achieve our goals effectively and productively.

Another method that I adopted from my technology career was to deconstruct the task into smaller chunks and tackle them in priority order, component by component if the task cannot be completed immediately.

The take away point: never leave tasks at hand if they can be done in a few minutes.

I wrote a detailed article about procrastination, documenting my research and experience. I believe it can provide you with valuable guidance and new perspectives.

4 Reasons We Procrastinate and 10 Steps to Overcome Them.

Five Tips to Become a Prolific Writer Despite Full-Time Work

How to Write Content Guaranteed to Get Views and Reads

7 Reasons You Have No Energy

Thank you for reading my perspectives. I wish you a healthy and happy life.

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Chapter 2: Joyful Exercise

Chapter 3: Joyful Outdoor Practice

Chapter 4: Instant Mental Boost

Chapter 5: Smart Sleep Habits

Chapter 6: Reviewing Inflammation From Different Angles

Chapter 7: Significance of dental and skin health

Chapter 8: Excellent Leaders Need More Energy

Chapter 9: Powerful Life-Changing Hacks That Truly Transformed My Life

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