{"id":76313,"date":"2022-08-10T12:53:00","date_gmt":"2022-08-10T16:53:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/?p=76313"},"modified":"2022-08-24T10:40:56","modified_gmt":"2022-08-24T14:40:56","slug":"how-to-prevent-procrastination","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/how-to-prevent-procrastination\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Prevent Procrastination: 2 Failproof Strategies"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Do you tend <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/to-procrastinate\/\">to procrastinate<\/a> until the last minute? How can you prevent procrastination before it takes hold of your mind?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The longer you procrastinate on an unpleasant or difficult task, the harder it is to get yourself to do it. That&#8217;s why it&#8217;s important to counteract procrastination before it has a chance to get started.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Here&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/how-to-prevent-procrastination-2\/\">how to prevent procrastination<\/a> before it&#8217;s too late.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-breaking-down-projects\"><strong>Breaking Down Projects<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Sometimes we procrastinate because we\u2019re overwhelmed by the enormity or complexity of the task in front of us. We\u2019re not sure what to do, and we doubt our ability to complete the work. Other times, we underestimate how much work will be needed or how long it\u2019ll take. To help avoid these problems, <strong>Fiore recommends breaking down large projects into smaller steps<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For example, say you want to buy Christmas presents for your friends and family. If you just add \u201cbuy Christmas presents\u201d to your <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/gtd-to-do-list\/\">to-do list<\/a>, you might find yourself avoiding the task\u2014it sounds like a lot of work, and you\u2019re not immediately sure what needs to be done. Plus, it\u2019s only October, so you have plenty of time. This is a recipe for procrastination: The task itself is complex but ill-defined, which encourages you to put it off until you start panicking about the deadline and beating yourself up for not starting sooner\u2014neither of which will help your shopping (or your holiday spirit).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>(Shortform note: Productivity expert David Allen develops this idea further by distinguishing between tasks and projects. In <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/app\/book\/getting-things-done\/\"><em>Getting Things Done<\/em><\/a>, Allen <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/app\/book\/getting-things-done\/chapter-2#projects-list-and-project-support-materials-file\">defines a project<\/a> as anything that requires more than one step to complete and argues that you <em>can\u2019t actually work<\/em> <em>on a project<\/em>\u2014only its component tasks. In other words, if you aren\u2019t careful to distinguish between projects and tasks, you might end up procrastinating simply because you\u2019re erroneously trying to \u201cdo\u201d a project (like \u201cbuy Christmas presents\u201d) rather than a task.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Fiore says you can avoid these problems if you know how to prevent procrastination\u2014first by breaking down \u201cbuy Christmas presents\u201d into its component tasks. These tasks might include making a list of everyone you want to give presents to, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/how-to-brainstorm-effectively\/\">brainstorming<\/a> present ideas for each recipient, and so on. Next, <strong>Fiore recommends that you set deadlines for each step in the process<\/strong>. For example, if you\u2019re mailing presents, you\u2019ll need to know the last date to ship with guaranteed delivery by Christmas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-emphasize-starting-rather-than-finishing\"><strong>Emphasize Starting Rather Than Finishing<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Even once you have a detailed plan for tackling a major project, you might still find yourself procrastinating instead of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/how-to-do-hard-work\/\">doing the work<\/a>. Fiore says this is another place where perfectionism gets in our way. He explains that <strong>we often focus too much on the end product<\/strong>\u2014and because we want the finished product to be perfect, we never take the first steps of actually starting.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To counteract these tendencies, Fiore recommends you<strong> think of a project as a series of small starts<\/strong>. This advice works well with the previous suggestion to break down projects into their component tasks\u2014instead of worrying about how you\u2019ll <em>finish <\/em>all of your Christmas shopping, you can consult your list of small tasks and decide which one to <em>start <\/em>in your next 30-minute work session. (Shortform note: There\u2019s value in getting started especially when you don\u2019t feel like doing so or when you feel like you don\u2019t know how to do something. As Mark Manson points out in <a href=\"https:\/\/shortform.com\/app\/book\/the-subtle-art-of-not-giving-a-f-ck\/\"><em>The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck<\/em><\/a>, we often wait to be inspired to work on something when in reality, <a href=\"https:\/\/shortform.com\/app\/book\/the-subtle-art-of-not-giving-a-f-ck\/chapter-7#the-motivation-loop\">action <em>leads to <\/em>feeling inspired<\/a>.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Focusing on starting is also a psychological shift\u2014it doesn\u2019t literally mean that you always start something new and never come back to a partially completed task. The idea is that <strong>emphasizing starting instead of finishing removes the pressure to be perfect or to get things right the first time<\/strong>. Fiore warns that sometimes we <em>think <\/em>we\u2019re working on a project when in fact we\u2019ve fallen into a trap of never-ending research, preparation, and planning\u2014past a certain point, he says, activities like these are just another form of procrastination.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>(Shortform note: Starting sometimes means <em>deliberately<\/em> doing an imperfect job. For example, in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.penguinrandomhouse.com\/books\/97395\/bird-by-bird-by-anne-lamott\/\"><em>Bird by Bird<\/em><\/a>, writer Anne Lamott suggests beginning every writing project with a <a href=\"https:\/\/wrd.as.uky.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/1-Shitty%20First%20Drafts.pdf\">\u201csh**ty first draft\u201d<\/a>\u2014just getting words down on the page without worrying about phrasing, typos, or even whether your ideas make any sense. The idea is to break through perfectionism with the knowledge that once you\u2019ve made a first effort, you\u2019ll have something you can later refine into a more polished product.)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Do you tend to procrastinate until the last minute? How can you prevent procrastination before it takes hold of your mind? The longer you procrastinate on an unpleasant or difficult task, the harder it is to get yourself to do it. That&#8217;s why it&#8217;s important to counteract procrastination before it has a chance to get started. 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