10 Strategies to Help You Eliminate Your Procrastination Habit

Are you a chronic procrastinator? Do you often have thoughts like “Oh, it’ll be fine if I save this for tomorrow” or “That’s so far away, I don’t have to worry about it yet”?

If you find yourself procrastinating regularly, you’re probably stuck in a habit of procrastination. Eliminating your procrastination will mean eliminating your habit. But completely eliminating a habit is a difficult thing to do. Instead, it’s much easier to replace an existing habit with a new one.

Of course, the best way to do this is to replace your procrastination habit with a “get things done!” habit. That way, every time you would have gone to procrastinate, you now do something else instead — your work!

Here are a few different strategies you can use to replace the procrastination habit with a “get things done” habit and finally kick the stress, anxiety, and overwhelm.

1. Recognize WHY you procrastinate

There may be a variety of reasons you procrastinate, but understanding the underlying emotions causing your procrastination is the first step to changing your habits.

Ask yourself: Why is this particular assignment, project, or task making me procrastinate? Do I have high expectations for myself that I’m not…