So as you can see I have been procrastinating a little bit on my blog posts….just kidding. I have my blog posts on a schedule and I adhere to them EVERY week.

Anyways, I wanted to share with you some of the reasons I found as to why people procrastinate. They are actually kind of interesting so pay attention.

REAL QUICK: I know there are only three reasons for procrastination listed below so make sure you watch the video above as I provide a lot more reasons as to why one might procrastinate.

Reason #1 (Lack Of Focus)

This one is HUGE. If you have no idea where you are going then how will you find a way to get there? This is one of the main reasons I was procrastinating. I have an “idea” of what I wanted but my goals where not clear and precise. I would say things like, “I want to get ripped”, or “I want to be successful!” How the hell can you do any of those things when they are not defined?

You have to make your goals clear. Instead of saying, “I want to be ripped”, you can say, “I want to lose X amount of pounds by X date.” After you know what the goal is you move onto the ways you will accomplish it. That is one of the reasons for procrastination.

Reason #2 (Self Talk)

This is another problem I had to deal with. You might not realize it but you are talking to yourself ALL THE TIME. You say thousands of things to yourself every day and most of the time you don’t even realize it. Although you ‘talk to yourself”, some of it may not be good talk.

Have you ever met someone that is totally negative and pessimistic? If so then you know how rude and obnoxious those types of people can be. Well little do you know it but you may be saying the same types of negative things to yourself.

Saying things like, “I Cant Do It!”, or “I Will Never Get This Done!” are very damaging to your productivity. Never talk bad about yourself. Always lift yourself up and you will be surprised at what comes your way.

Reason #3 (Distractions)

This was the one that really took me a long time to fix.

I always had my phone on while I was working or I watched TV or who knows what else. I cannot tell you how much time I lost because of my distraction level.

Probably years have been wasted off my life due to unnecessary distractions.

-shut your phone off when you work

-shut the TV off when you work

-make sure your comfortable while working

-FOCUS FOCUS FOCUS

Always work on the task at hand and do not stop until you have completed it. Never move to another task before completing the one you are working on NOW.

So there you go. I know this was not a ton of reasons for procrastination but it was a start. Make sure you watch the video above if you really want to know more reasons for procrastination.

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