Problem: We are deliberately delaying doing something that should be done.
Reason: We have negative emotions/feelings associated with the task.
Solution: mastering negative emotions connected with the activity that we are putting off may us help to overcome procrastination.
Everyone knows procrastination. Everyone procrastinates. But why do we do it? We lack shared self-regulation, which includes the process we use to manage our thoughts, emotions, and behaviours.
We procrastinate to avoid negative problems associated with tasks. Avoiding control also helps us get them comfortably out of our thoughts—out of sight, out of mind.
Risk of procrastination: An individual has its costs such as – falling behind in completing tasks, poor work performance, low income and overall poor life outcomes.
Solution:
1. Accepting our negative emotions
2. Once we accept our negative emotions, we can respond to them and develop behaviours that are meaningful and add value to how we express ourselves and interact with others.
2. Once we accept our negative emotions, we can respond to them and develop behaviours that are meaningful and add value to how we express ourselves and interact with others.
Our awareness and understanding of our negative emotions can lead to having the best advantage in any given situation. With more understanding, we can further use our negative emotions to motivate us to achieve our goals and find solutions to the problems we may face. News and media, blogs, and gurus promote a whole range of strategies: manage your time better, end your laziness, strengthen your willpower, and become more motivated. That's not entirely true - it's about managing your mood. Our difficulties in managing emotions - are central to understanding when and why people procrastinate. Organizing and eliminating distractions are blablablass true, but these quick fixes can sometimes seem to provide instant relief from procrastination. These approaches only scratch the surface of the problem. They focus on the symptoms of procrastination rather than the underlying causes.
Why were you distracted? The why? question will lead you to many other obvious causes of procrastination. Feelings of putting things off and rooting out emotions from procrastination. People procrastinate when they find tasks boring, difficult, unpleasant, challenging, and stressful.
research conducted by Fuschia Sirois
