Hindustan Times ST (Jaipur)

Procrastin­ation is the thief of time, collar him now

- The author is directorde­partment of Mental Health and Behavioura­l Sciences, Fortis Healthcare.

This has been prophesize­d as a helpful trick for centuries, as breaking things into smaller tasks not just makes the insurmount­able work appear to be more reasonable and achievable, but also at the same time helps you reduce he feeling of being overwhelme­d. Finally, completing smaller targets helps give a sense of achievemen­t as well.

It is almost inevitable to have extraneous variables interfere with your planned schedule. Therefore, it is better for us to be prepared and account for certain extraneous factors that we cannot account for, in order to avoid panic or last minute stricken stress.

Temptation­s and distractio­ns are the biggest enemy of following a schedule. Therefore, it is essential to eliminate as many such factors as possible. For instance, it is essential for students to put away their mobiles , and to avoid multi-tasking but to focus on the task at hand.

If you are wanting to avoid procrastin­ating, there has to be a goal which you are striving to achieve.

Instead of letting the goal surface in the background, it is more helpful to remind yourself of the contingenc­y between your goal and the work needed to accomplish the same goal, in order to help boost your motivation each time you begin to slack.Remember, eventually there is no avoiding the task. Endless amount of planning, prioritizi­ng and scheduling cannot substitute the actual task at hand. So, there is no escape for the effort and hard work that needs to be put in, and the sooner you get it over with, the easier the accomplish­ment of the goal is likely to be.

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