Do you ever just sit there and scorn at your to-do list? Have you ever told yourself that you work better under pressure? Do you ever end up watching YouTube videos for four hours straight then look at yourself in the mirror asking:
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We all have a certain level of procrastination, especially when tasks lack your interest, then it’s easy to fall into the abyss of YouTube, Facebook memes, or just taking a two-hour shower to avoid the work. Well, human, today is the day to stop procrastinating and get your shiz done!
Here are 6 amazing tips to get you to be the most productive you, you lazy piece of –
1. Look flawless, feel flawless, work flawlessly!
Get dressed and do whatever it takes to feel great (hot shower, make-up, paint nails, summon 100 souls, etc.). Because if you feel like a bum you will work like a bum. In fact, it is scientifically proven that when you look and feel amazing you tend to be more productive. You will feel that you can achieve (slay) anything and you will!
2. The Cliché List
Yes, I know, I know. I bet you’ve heard this million of times, but writing down your tasks really does help. Not only that but breaking them down into parts and actually visualizing it. You get more organized and can even create the list however you want, from priorities to timing, or from the biggest project to the smallest project and vice versa.
3. Bury your phone
Listen… I understand, but we need to turn that little baby off. Give it a rest, it’s nap time, so you can finally get your shiz done. Text your mom (‘cause you know you gotta) tell her you’re going to study and turn it off, put it in another room, or turn off the data. Either way, it needs to go, out of sight. Because we all know how zombified we are when we hear that little “ding” sound and automatically read the message, scroll through Instagram, slide through DM’s and share facebook memes. So… turn *clap* it *clap* off! Fun-sized method.
4. Make it fun-sized
I find this method to be incredibly efficient! Here’s how it works: The smaller it is, the easier it is to start. If you’re struggling to get a task done just tell yourself you will only do it for 10 minutes and you’re done! If you have a big project and it just feels overwhelming, what are you most likely to do? Lol, buh-bye, nobody got time for dat *procrastinates*
Write just one paragraph, get one bill paid, or read just one page. Usually, at least for me, starting is the hardest part, and if you just tell yourself to start small it can make the task easier. Try it!
5. Merry Christmas
What… does… this…mean? No, it’s not Christmas, but if you get your shiz done it might be. Seriously, giving yourself a reward, a little present, an offer you cannot refuse after you’ve accomplished the task you’ve been struggling on really works. This method allows you to look foward to finishing the task because you get a little treat.
If you finish your essay, you can go out tonight. If you read the first three chapters, you can finish Grey’s Anatomy.
If you clean your apartment, you can take a nap. If you go out for a run, you can eat the last remaining Oreos in the pantry (lol).
It’s worth the try. Now, you will have a perfect excuse for your guilty pleasure you sickos’!
6. The work and pleasure cocktail
Let’s start shaking it up a bit. I honestly loathe writing about things that I have no interest in, and usually, the professors are the ones who assign that. Which means, I need to do it because it has a grade. In order to get my work done, I simply try to make it a tiny bit more enjoyable. What I mean by that is pouring myself a glass of wine, lighting up a scented candle, turn on some happy tunes on Spotify and start working. It makes the thing I loathe the most a bit more enjoyable by mixing pleasure with work.
So stop procrastinating by reading this! Go and change the world, or at least get an A…
Get things done!!