It’s National Procrastination Week
It’s National Procrastination Week
The first two weeks in March, or when it’s convenient, is National Procrastination Week. Sometimes it gets pushed back on the calendar. The goal for the week is to celebrate the act of procrastinating by leaving necessary tasks to be done at a later time.
Will you celebrate?
Maybe at 11 pm on Friday night! HA! That’s the way to procrastinate!
Why do people procrastinate?
You may look at a large task and be overwhelmed by what needs to be done. Break it down into smaller tasks. Tell yourself that you’ll work for 15 minutes on it. That’s all. It won’t seem so overwhelming. By focusing for 15 minutes at a time on the task you’ll move forward, which is better than standing still.
Setting deadlines can help you stop procrastinating. Work from your deadline backward and set mini-deadlines for yourself. You’ll move forward in small increments.
Prep for the task ahead. Set yourself up with all the materials you will need to succeed before beginning. You won’t have to stop to locate what’s needed and waste time or get off track.
Find someone you can be accountable to. A friend or co-worker can check in with you to ask about your progress on a project. Make sure your partner is supportive and not critical of your efforts. It will take time to create a new habit.
Putting things off is something we all do from time to time. Give yourself a break.
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Janet Schiesl
Janet has been organizing since 2005. She is a Certified Professional Organizer and the owner of Basic Organization.
She loves using her background as a space planner to challenge her clients to look at their space differently. She leads the team in large projects and works one-on-one with clients to help the process move quickly and comfortably. Call her crazy, but she loves to work with paper, to purge what is not needed and to create filing systems that work for each individual client.
Janet is a Past Board Member of the National Association of Productivity and Organizing Professionals and a Past President of the Washington DC Chapter of NAPO were she has been named Organizer of the Year and Volunteer of the Year.
Janet Schiesl
Janet has been organizing since 2005. She is a Certified Professional Organizer and the owner of Basic Organization.
She loves using her background as a space planner to challenge her clients to look at their space differently. She leads the team in large projects and works one-on-one with clients to help the process move quickly and comfortably. Call her crazy, but she loves to work with paper, to purge what is not needed and to create filing systems that work for each individual client.
Janet is a Past Board Member of the National Association of Productivity and Organizing Professionals and a Past President of the Washington DC Chapter of NAPO were she has been named Organizer of the Year and Volunteer of the Year.
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