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Five Ways to End
Procrastination
Never put off till tomorrow
what may be done today. Waiting until later is one of life's guilty secrets,
but procrastination (拖延症) is linked to poorer
health, work and relationship outcomes. Here are five ways to try to remedy (纠正) procrastination.
1 A five-minute start
Five minutes is nothing —
it's just three hundred seconds. It's the length of a song or a TV commercial.
Pick up a project you've been putting off and spare just 300 seconds of your
time to do it. After a while, the momentum (动力) of beginning the task will push you forward.
2 Set goals and rewards
During the day, set goals
and rewards. Each time you achieve a goal, you earn the reward: a short break,
a funny YouTube video or something else.Make sure you select a time
to review your progress and adjust your targets accordingly.
3 Be good to yourself — me today versus me tomorrow
Sometimes, when you find
yourself buried in work, you are upset with yourself for not having started earlier.
Imagine a conversation, between ―you today and ―you tomorrow.
4 I was there — witnessing accountability (责任制)
Consider going on a diet: Is there more
pressure if you don't tell a soul, or if you announce it to all your friends,
with strict rules to follow if you are invited to dinner? It seems an obvious
way of making you feel guilty, but it can also be highly effective.
5 Set creative punishments — negative consequences
Make the consequences of
inaction so unbearable that you have no choice but to get busy now. You could
write a note to someone that you don't like. Give the note to a friend with
strict instructions to mail the note if you do not achieve your goal. The more
you dislike the other party, the stronger the motivation to get the task done.
Procrastination is a silent
killer of dreams.By understanding and fixing
your procrastination, you'll discover you jump-start many areas of your life.
A. Everyone suffers from it.
B. Once the five minutes is
up, stop and reassess.
C. Everyone likes to have a
dream of procrastination.
D. Going public with a goal
increases your support and accountability.
E. What is the future of my
life with the intention of putting off my tasks?
F. If you tomorrow could chat
with you today, what would he say?
G. It's important that the
goals are realistic and the rewards are in proportion(按比例).
答案:【1】B【2】G【3】F【4】D【5】A