How do you stop procrastinating when learning new things?

Specificity is key to goal setting. It’s also important to align these smaller milestones with your overarching vision or purpose for learning. Understanding the ‘why’ behind your goal can act as a consistent motivator. For instance, if you’re learning Spanish to connect with relatives or for a trip, visualize those conversations or experiences. This adds an emotional component to the practical steps, making the journey more meaningful. Additionally, regularly reflecting on and adjusting goals based on one’s pace and changing circumstances can ensure they remain both challenging and achievable.

No need to rush.. Everything will be fine if you do it one step at a time.. The goal is not to be finish it up quickly as possible. Take note on this and don't get confused about a movement without a process. A dream without a goal is just a dream. A dream with goals and objectives and have a disciplines can achieve the goals in every little thing called "progress" a movement with a progress called "objectives" and it can be done by disciplined. A movement without a progress is just like a goals without any objectives.

Procrastination usually happens when you feel heavy laden with your workload , breaking down the workload into smaller tasks will help you to tackle each goal and not feel overwhelmed therefore you have started the task and will complete smaller tasks quicker and will prevent you from procrastination.

I think the goal is to split your task into smaller goals. For example, when I took the WSET Diploma, there were countless of hours study and I felt overwhelmed, so the method I used was to make a schedule and break down the whole material into smaller chunks that were easy to digest. You don't need to conquest everything in a day because Rome was not built in a day.

I've found that utilizing multiple learning methods increases the likelihood that information is retained. While a lot of us are primarily one type of learner or another, experiencing the subject matter in various ways can aid retention. For example, I've been mostly a kinesthetic learner when it comes to clinical skills. I found it difficult to picture performing a procedure simply by reading a description of the steps. It helped significantly when I pantomimed the steps involved, while visualizing, and speaking the steps out loud while writing them down. This method utilized kinesthetic, auditory and visual approaches to learning. I've found that teaching someone else what you've learned also helps to solidify acquired information.

One of my new favorite concepts is consistency over intensity and I feel it is extremely relevant in this context. If we're honest with ourselves we can recognize that motivation or excitement lasts for a finite amount of time and if we waited for motivation to get anything done my laundry would be a mountain high. Making small, but steady progress can reduce added pressure from yourself or others, encourage you to get 1% better every day, and can help avoid general procrastination because a manageable routine has already been established. Break your big tasks into smaller ones while establishing easy-to-adopt habits and you'll get there! Time will pass either way. Help it work with you and not against you.

Depending on what you are learning, try to schedule at least 2-3 short windows each week. For learning a language, I recommend spending 10 minutes during breakfast reading a piece of news or listening to a podcast, learning 10-20 words during a coffee break and watching one episode of your favourite series in the evening. This way you can squeeze in 30-60 minutes of language learning every day. If you are learning something else, note down in your diary days/times, when you'll be learning. Just like you would do to schedule grocery shopping, sport, etc.

what I actually do every week is on Friday before closing the week I plan my posts for the next week, I try to think about the relevant posts I interacted with during the week and what kind of topics are both relevant and align with my voice and values and I try to brainstorm from there. I try to come up with 2-3 possible posts and brainstorm the main ideas. Once this is done I go back to it with a fresh head on Monday and use a coffee break to try to draft the posts, and the day I'm planning on posting them I polish them as best as possible.

It goes together with setting realistic goals. It helped me to ring fence time in my diary and have a reminder. To avoid stress, why idle time with learning time? Time on the train, time spent on social media, time spent on watching TV - 30min on learning can be found.

We live in a gamified society. We are used to being entertained at a high level of intensity. This can make mundane tasks so boring that we avoid them. We need to lighten up where possible. Having an encouraging accountability partner like a friend, colleague or coach can add motivation and creativity. They can also acknowledge and celebrate your achievements, no matter how small.