End Procrastination

Don't under-estimate the power of putting things off.

Procrastination is a timebomb. It's a snowball that will eventually turn into an avalanche.

It all seems fairly harmless - "I'll start my exercise routine tomorrow", "I'll work on that project next week", "I'll get my health insurance next month", "I'll back-up my data later". But it soon becomes a habit, a lazy attitude towards improving your life.

Before you know it, you've become unfit and unhealthy, with several big deadlines looming, you're saddled with an illness which requires expensive treatment, and your computer with all your important work has crashed.

Make no mistake, procrastination is disease that will eat into your life, dampening your ambition and desire for success.

End procrastination today with these simple steps...

First of all, the all-too-obvious but most crucial tip - do it now! In order to break the habit of procrastination, replace it with an attitude of urgency. Practising working on whatever comes your way; prioritise your tasks of course, but keep ticking off your To-Do checklist one by one. Make steady progress. I promise you the sense of achievement and freedom that comes from completing your tasks will be so addictive, you won't be able to stop.

Try it today - whatever comes your way, a project, an email, an errand, a customer request, consider whether it's important or not, then work on them, one by one. You'll become more efficient in no time, not to mention you'll be relieved at the amount of work you got done. All this efficiency I'm sure will not go unnoticed by your supervisors and colleagues!

When attempting to end procrastination, it also helps to break down the bigger tasks into smaller, more manageable jobs. Don't let big projects overwhelm you; take it one step at a time. As long as you're making steady progress, you shouldn't be worried.

And ask for help! You know sometimes we make the mistake of assuming we have to do everything ourselves. Your reasons may be to save money, to be self-reliant, to make sure everything goes your way and so on, but contracting some work out could actually make more sense in the long term. Or get friends or family members to help out!

End procrastination today!

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Eugine Loh, 938Live, MediaCorp Pte Ltd