How to Actually Destroy Procrastination in 60 Seconds
Procrastination is like a giant brick wall. In this quick guide, I'll show you how to shrink the wall and slap some rewards behind it so that your brain says, "This is so easy! Why aren't we doing this already?"
Here's the deal—procrastination isn't some epic monster you need a sword for. It's just a giant brick wall. And the goal? Make it so stupidly easy to climb that your brain goes:
"Wait... Why aren't we doing this already?"
Procrastination is Like a Giant Brick Wall
First, the wall feels massive because you're thinking too BIG. "Study for hours? Workout for a whole hour?" Nah... Let's make the wall smaller. Shrink the task.
If you're supposed to study for an hour, change that to "Study for 5 minutes." Five. Minutes. You can do that! That's not work; that's waiting for your coffee to cool down. The wall is now more of a speed bump. 😉
But wait—this wall's about to get a double smackdown. Here's the second trick: Add a juicy reward immediately after the climb. I'm talking instant dopamine. Finish your 5 minutes? BOOM! Check something off a list. Grab a shiny little habit tracker and mark it like you're scoring the winning goal in the world cup of productivity.
You see, checklists and habit trackers are like brain candy.
"Oh look, I did a thing! I am unstoppable. Someone call the productivity police; I'm on fire!"
Your brain loves feeling like a winner, so give it that reward ASAP.
Combine these two: Lower the barrier to entry AND slap a reward behind each task. It's like tricking your brain into thinking work is fun. And guess what? When the task is stupidly easy AND you get a hit of satisfaction, procrastination starts looking... well, dumb.
So, don't fight procrastination. Outsmart it. Make the work so tiny, so rewarding, that not doing it feels irrational.
That's how you destroy procrastination! And hey, you just read a 60-second article about it. So... uh, maybe stop wasting time, and go do that thing that needs done, now that you know how?
And don't grind either! The hustle bros are lying to you. Do it at your own pace, one step at the time. Thanks for reading. Dosvidaniya!