How To Defeat Procrastination
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From reading this book you have found that there are many people who suffer from procrastination. It is a behavior problem that is very difficult to get rid of. People who suffer from it often find they engage in it without even thinking about it. It just happens. Unfortunately, procrastination affects people in a bad way. Some people don’t even know they have it.

The biggest question that is asked is what’s procrastination? According to psychologists, procrastination is an avoidance of something. The person who is a procrastinator feels that his life is unmanageable. They will do everything possible to avoid situations, just so they can get out of facing their responsibility no matter what the task is. At first, the person is relieved to know no action had to be taken.

But then feelings of guilt, inadequacy, depression, and self-doubt arise for failing to accomplish the task at hand.

Procrastination is a complex psychological behavior. Those who are not afflicted by it are lucky. But then again there are those who do have the condition, but not as badly as others. To those who are badly afflicted by it, the condition can lead to stress and anxiety.

Procrastinators act strangely and are often predictable in behavior. You give them a task and right away they are eager to do it. When they start the task, they think they have everything under control until they begin to do the work. Then they find they can’t do it and make all kinds of excuses for not wanting to get it done.

It is only when procrastinators can get in touch with the reality of their condition and take steps to alleviate it, that their procrastination can become less of a burden, and maybe become a condition of the past.

For the person having the condition of procrastination, dealing with it is crucial. But many people try to treat the condition only to find it stays around and continues to haunt them. There really are many causes of procrastination. However, the most important point here is to find the cause and remove it so the person who suffers from it won’t have to suffer constantly.

As was stated earlier, the causes of procrastination are many. These can include having confusion and fear, not planning enough, not analyzing things, not prioritizing, avoiding responsibilities, chronic depression, fatigue, lack of vision, and many more symptoms.

Now you know procrastination does not have to control your life. Of course if you have had it for a long time, it will be hard to get rid of. But it’s not impossible. The main thing is to learn how to deal with it. Once you know how to deal with it, you can take the next step to get rid of the problem once and for all.

Before you can get rid of procrastination, you have to acknowledge you have the problem. After you recognize you have it, you can then take the appropriate steps to rid yourself of its cursed existence.

There is one obstacle that stands in the way for many people. This is the fact that it could take a long time for it to be cured. Sometimes it can take days, weeks, or even years before the condition goes away. Once you understand the reasons behind procrastination and why it won’t go away so easily, you can get to the root of it, and find what allows it to flourish in your life, and remove that problem.

As you know, the causes of procrastination are many and can vary from one person to another. It is hard to pinpoint the exact cause because there can be different origins for each person who suffers from it. So why doesn’t procrastination go away?

Procrastination has deep-rooted causes which keep people from finding a cure for it right away. Even though the sufferer may have taken steps to get cured, unless the person gets to the core or root of the problem, they will likely have procrastination until such issues are dealt with. As long as the person has inner fear, a need for control, or a need for perfection, the person will continue to suffer from procrastination.

Procrastination can be dealt with. Those who suffer from it can be free of it. But in order to keep procrastination from becoming a major problem that persists, changes must be made on the inside first. Once these changes are made, any kind of problems that may have surfaced previously will be eliminated.