1. Make your schedule more manageable and cut unimportant items out of your To-Do list. Your procrastination may be your brain refusing to cooperate with an unreasonable schedule.
2. Manage your time better, and don't let tasks linger. One at a time, begin the tasks that you have been putting off, and start checking them off your list.
3. Reduce stress in your life and make time for fun activities. Procrastination is sometimes a coping mechanism that slows you down in order to reduce anxiety.
4. Get Physical! Get off that couch and bring your energy levels up by engaging in a physical activity: Walking, running, swimming - or whatever else works for you.
5. Motivate yourself by trying to do what you love. Lack of motivation and procrastination can feed on each other, so break away from that vicious cycle by doing something that motivates you – a job, a hobby, a course, an activity.
6. Overcome your fear of lack of skills for undertaking a particular task. Jump into the task head on and the skills will follow!
7. Do not mistake delay for perfectionism. Don’t try to wait until the task in its entirety seems perfect in your mind. Break it down into sub-tasks, and take the first imperfect step. Remember – an imperfectly completed task is a thousand times better than a perfect task that is never started.
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