How to deal with PROCRASTINATION
When You Want to Procrastinate.......
Because we're so bad at predicting the future and, therefore, almost unaware of the ramifications of our current actions, we're great at procrastinating. Even though you know you'll regret it later, you do it anyway because you can't (yet) feel the inevitable pain that's a direct result of your procrastination — poor work, unfinished work, and compounded stress. Several methods help you beat procrastination, but nothing fools your mind into wanting to work like using procrastination's greatest weapon against itself: emotion.
You procrastinate because you want immediate gratification. When pitted against a murky future that has no associated emotion, you're inclined to choose the happiness you can achieve right now. On top of that, delaying gratification just increased your desire. In order to make work a priority, it needs to feel more gratifying than hopping on Facebook or watching television. You accomplish this by explaining why you want to do something rather than simply knowing what needs to be done.
For example, tell yourself you want to do your laundry right now because your favorite shirt is dirty and you want to look your best tomorrow. Looking good matters to you because you have an important meeting and want to feel confident. When you consider the reasons behind an action you want to take, you inevitably unleash the emotions you've associated with it. This is often enough to convince you to get started, and getting started is everything.
What keeps you working is curiosity. While laundry isn't going to inspire your sense of wonder, you can fool your brain when it comes to grander, less-tedious tasks. They key is providing your brain with cliffhangers or, more specifically, just don't stop working when you're done with a task — stop in the middle. Doing so keeps you thinking about where you'll go next. This not only elicits and eagerness to pick up your work where you left off, but will allow your mind to solve problems when you're not working. By turning procrastination's greatest asset against itself and remaining endlessly curious, you'll have little trouble working despite any distractions.