The Science Of Procrastination: Achieving My Goals

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I've been on hive about 4 years. I love the community and I try to contribute value to it. When I arrived hive I started off with a few posts. Then comments. Consistency has always been a problem for me on hive. I mean showing up everyday to post or to comment on the posts of others. This is partly due to a medical condition I have ( connected to the Social Anxiety Disorder.) And it's partly because I'm a procrastinator.

There are days I want to write and publish posts or drop comments but I just keep putting it off until the day goes by. Sometimes I write a post and don't edit and publish it for a long time.

This habit procrastination also affects me in my daily activities. I have lots of goals and dreams. Like for example personal development goals but procrastination keeps getting in my way. There are several goals I set early this year but I'm still far from accomplishing them.

As time goes by I find ways to break this bad habit. One of those ways is something I read in the book, Atomic Habits by James Clear. I have also heard motivational speaker Jim Rohn talk about it. It's the 1% rule. This rule says

...that little efforts add up over time to produce great results.

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So instead of trying to achieve a lot in a day or week I start small. I make efforts that won't make me feel overwhelmed. For example if I want to finish reading a voluminous book, instead of trying to read it in 4 days, I can just read 4 pages of it daily. That way I make progress, though slowly. Otherwise if I attempt to finish reading the book so quickly I might feel overwhelmed so I don't read it at all. Or I might read for sometime and stop.

This rule is really helping me overcome procrastination. Taking it a little at a time.

Another rule that helps me combat procrastination is the rule that says

...that we are influenced by our environment. The environment we stay in influences our actions.

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To implement this rule I try to condition my environment to motivate me towards my goals. If I want to practice on my musical instrument daily I put the instrument where I can see it. I can also put posters on my room’s walls that remind me of playing an instrument.

I'm not saying I have a complete victory over procrastination but I am improving daily. These rules help me immensely.

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