4 Strategies To Help You Stop Procrastinating Now

Stop Procrastinating

I’m not sure if everyone procrastinates, however, if you find that procrastination is an issue for you, it might be time to make a few changes in your life. We have written many times about taking tiny steps to make big changes and you can read our ideas here - How To Make Big Changes By Tiny Steps - https://wendybottrell.weebly.com/blog/how-to-make-big-changes-by-tiny-steps 

We have been using the idea of taking tiny steps to make big changes and it has been an important strategy we have been using for quite some time. 

Below are 4 strategies you can use to help yourself move out of the habit of procrastination and into the practice of taking the action of tiny steps to realize your health and fitness goals. 

Divide Up The Task

This is one of my favourite ideas to take action in my fitness strategy. Think about when you procrastinate, you may feel you are facing a massive task that you don’t believe you will be able to finish. 

Begin to practice by putting a stop to this thinking by breaking up the task into more manageable pieces. For example, if you were supposed to clean your basement, resolve to clean one of the four corners each day instead of trying to tackle it all at once. If you want to exercise daily you might get out for a walk in the morning for twenty minutes and do some resistance exercise in the afternoon. 

This tactic can help make any task more manageable and feel less overwhelming or at least that has been my experience. 

Make A Deadline

Now is not the time to tell yourself you will do something “later.” Instead, set a strict timeline for yourself, with sections of your goal having deadlines. This way, you know when you will be completing something. It may also help to have a small reward for yourself along the way. An example of this would be a student needing to write a four-page paper. And for each page the student completes, they would reward themselves with fifteen minutes of phone time. 

Stop Your Common Distractions

Usually, when someone procrastinates, it’s for the same reasons each time. Like when you were going to clean the kitchen, but then you just had to watch a new TV show instead. Put a stop to this by eliminating common distractions or procrastination tactics for yourself. If the TV is a distraction for you, maybe it’s time to work in another room. 

Spend Time With Motivated People

There is nothing quite like hanging out with someone motivated to boost your motivation. Find a friend or colleague whose motivation you admire, and resolve to spend more time with them. Or get a buddy in on your plans and decide to help keep each other motivated regularly. Either way, it’s much easier to stop procrastinating when you’ve got others around you accomplishing remarkable things!

This is the exact strategy I used many years ago when I began going to the gym. I got a friend to sign up for a gym membership at the same time I did, and we went to the gym on the exact same schedule to workout. We had so much fun, met tons of people and I was able to successfully reduce my weight by almost 100 lbs. and get in the best shape of my life at that time. 

Overall, discontinuing your procrastination habit can be extremely difficult, but it can be done just by changing some minor things in your life. Start by dividing up the task, making deadlines, and getting rid of your most common distractions. Then surround yourself with other positive people, and you will soon find you procrastinate tasks less than ever before!


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