How to Get it Done?

Another tedious task makes its way on to your overwhelming and steadily extending todo-list. And then begins the grand battle between the two parts of your mind: "put it off till 'morrow or get it over with?"

Does that sound familiar? If it does, then well, rest assured, you're not the only one. Welcome to the rugged land of Procrastination- a land where we are tricked into believing that it's Paradise and tend to linger around until deadlines start hammering our doors. And suddenly we are transcended back to reality. 

"But why does it happen?" you ask. For most of us, it's something similar to the ancient fight-or-flight response- a natural way that prepared us to either stay and deal with a threat or to run away to safety. Your instincts may be going off in your head like red sirens telling you, "Danger, too much work," when, in fact, there would be less work if you just hurry and get the job done.

Now, let's get to the good part of tackling this problem. Here's the bottom line-

'The way we do anything is the way we do everything.'

Let that sink in for a moment. Every tiny facet of the way we live will have a mirroring effect on our work life, relationships, finances, and just about everything else. This is a massive thing on its own. 

It essentially means that discipline matters everywhere. The repeatedly taught lessons in our childhood- getting up on time, making our bed, exercising, having a fixed meal and bedtime, etc. still hold value in our everyday living. That implies that the micropattern eventually becomes the macro pattern. The small gradually become the precedent of the big. 

Another way to go about it is to not make mountains out of molehills. Stop assuming about the bulk of your task. Ever finished something and say, "Wait, that was it?" And last but not least, start believing in the concept of "Tomorrow means never".

So, don't keep it for some other day. Just take the first step, and stick with the job till it's done. And off you go.