How to stop procrastinating
This is post 10 of my series: Inside the Mind of a Procrastinator.
Over the past ten weeks, I have written a series of posts to comment on the ten points made in this article from Psychology Today. I am not a psychologist. I have no training or professional experience in this area. However, I am a procrastinator. The posts I wrote reflect my experience and opinion on the points.
The final point states:
Procrastinators can change their behaviour—but doing so consumes a lot of psychic energy. And it doesn’t necessarily mean one feels transformed internally. It can be done with highly structured cognitive behavioural therapy. —Psychology Today
Can procrastinators change?
As I look back over 20 or 30 years in my life, I can see a big improvement in my behaviour in this area. My wife might find this hard to believe, 
but I was much worse, once upon a time.
What are some of the things I have done to bring about the change?
- I recognize that procrastination is a habit. As with any bad habit, I need to replace it with good habits.
- I work to understand the underlying causes for procrastination, then come up with strategies to overcome them.
- I conquer procrastination by working on tasks and my environment.
How do these three steps play out in practical ways? Rather than revisit material I have posted aver the past few months, here are links back to posts with specific ways to overcome procrastination.
- 5 ways to overcome procrastination through self-regulation – Scroll to the bottom of the article to read the ways I work on self-regulation.
- 6 Tips to Help Overcome Procrastination – Here are 6 tips that can help with simpler procrastination issues. This post also includes a number of topical quotations.
- Procrastinators are made not born – Some ways parents can model good time-management habits for their children.
- Fight procrastination by eliminating distractions – Some of the ways you can adjust your environment to minimize the effect of distractions.
I hope some or all of these posts from Inside the mind of a procrastinator have been of benefit to you the reader. I am happy to realize I set a goal ten weeks ago, to write a series on procrastination, and have followed through on that commitment!
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