My name is Rebecca Keyes and I am a procrastinator.
I never plan on procrastination nor do I really want to be a procrastinator. It just happens to go that way... all the time. Every week I look through my syllabi and see what needs to be done for next week. I put it in my google calendar and I have every intention of getting it done.... But then friday comes around and I much rather cuddle up with Ashbabe than do my business law readings and then comes Saturday and before I know it I am scrabbling on Sunday to accomplish 3 days worth of homework or sometimes that is too stressful and I say that it wasn't really a necessary reading and I forgo it.
This year I am trying to change this and other terrible habits. So, I have come up with a list of things that seems to keep the Procrastination Monster at bay.
1. I like to have someone else hold me accountable. A promise to myself never means as much as a promise to someone else. This isn't the best solution, as I should learn to keep those promises that I make to myself, but it is a start. I frequently promise Ashley that I will get A, B, and C done on Friday while she is at work so we can go out to dinner when she gets home. If I procrastinate and don't get anything done I have let her down, and that sucks more than if I just let myself down.
2. Make time! If I do not set aside time to do the things I need to do, I don't do them. It is so simple. I put it in my google calendar task list (which I always have open in a tab on my computer) with a deadline. I also write out a list of things to accomplish for the week on a piece of notebook paper to help me remember and to have a hard copy with me for when I do not have my laptop nearby.
3. I think the most important thing to get myself to stop procrastinating is realizing that by doing it I am just setting myself up for failure in the future. Procrastinating causes so many problems. I spend my time trying to catch up on yesterday's work and cramming in material for tests that I would know if I had just taken the time to read the chapter.
Are you a procrastinator? If you are how does that affect your success? How do you kill the procrastination monster?
Sapere aude,
Rebecca
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