Procrastination refers to delaying important tasks indefinitely.
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How do I make myself stop doing addictive activity?
Some examples of such activity:
browsing this site without a particular goal
browsing your friends' profiles on social networks
reading news
hugging with you spouse (endlessly)
watching TV
You can ...
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How to prevent oneself from lounging around in bed, instead of getting out of it and starting the day?
I find that I often wake up at a decent time, but don't get out of bed immediately. This results in me falling asleep again for another hour. This process might repeat itself once or twice, resulting ...
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How do I get my motivation going?
Often, tasks are delayed till a reasonable time before the deadline. Just because you feel like you can do it later; so, you are basically procrastinating by surfing the web, chatting with people, ...
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What can I do to fight procrastination? [closed]
What can I do to fight procrastination? I'm looking for general advice, professional research and useful tips.
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How do I get out of overcommitment?
I tend to procrastinate more when I am overwhelmed by overcommitment. Sometimes, writing down a priority list and future plan helps, but sooner or later, the plan breaks down and I find myself once ...
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Putting limits on one's time online
As per Piers Steel's "procrastination equation",
Motivation = (Expectancy x Value) / (Impulsiveness x Delay)
I find that most of my own procrastination tends to involve the Internet and the easily ...
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Paper vs. digital: both have advantages, but which adv. is more important?
I started wondering recently if paper really could be the way to go. That is, in my everyday, non-GTD-obsessive personal issue tracking and task management. Here's why I'm considering this:
A task ...
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how to stop doing the same again and again?
I have been pondering the say “Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results”.
So the questions are:
how do you detect what things you are doing over and over ...
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How do I concentrate while I work on a computer?
My job requires me to work on a computer, which I do fine because maybe I fear my supervisor might pop in. But when it comes to doing personal projects on a computer, I totally slack off. It usually ...
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Going from idea to execution
I have a problem with not being able to move from idea to execution. By idea, I mean a detailed, specific plan on what to do and how to do it. I make lots of plans, but rarely follow through with ...
