If You Want To Stop Procrastinating, Remove Resistance

The more we delay things, the more resistance we create

Everyone procrastinates. If you ever meet a person who claims they never procrastinate, you’re probably dealing with a robot.

Just because everyone procrastinates, it doesn’t mean it’s good behavior. It means we as humans have our flaws. And that’s okay.

But what is procrastination actually? You hear so much about it. Some people say it’s good for creativity. Others say it’s the biggest enemy of results (me). I’ve found that procrastination means different things to different people.

You’re procrastinating when you’re “delaying something that must be done, often because it is unpleasant or boring.” (Source: Cambridge Dictionary) Here are some examples of when you’re procrastinating:

• You have a deadline on Friday and you haven’t started the work while it’s already Wednesday
• You haven’t cleaned your house for three weeks and still don’t feel like doing it
• You have an exam on Monday and you’re in the bar on Saturday
• You wrote one page of your novel three years ago and put off the rest until later
• You registered a domain two years ago but never created your blog