1.Be honest with yourself and admit that you're putting off stuff that really needs to be done.
Authentic to yourself and admit that you are postponing what you really need to do.
Knowledge accumulation:
- be honest with sb
- put off sth Delay something
2.Try to figure out why you're procrastinating. Is it because you don't like it, it creates anxiety, you don't understand it, it feels overwhelming, you're disorganised?
Try to find out why you're procrastinating. Is it because you don’t like it, it makes you feel anxious, you don’t understand it, it makes you feel depressed, or is it because you are not organized?
Knowledge accumulation:
- try to do sth Try to do something
- figure out sth Find out...
- create anxiety
3.Decide to break the habit of procrastination by deliberately rewarding yourself for doing something you're rather not do.
decide to encourage yourself to do something you're not willing to do by deliberately rewarding yourself to break the habit of procrastination.
Knowledge accumulation:
- decide to do sth Decide to do something
- break the habit of (doing) sth Breaking...
- reward sb for doing sth Reward someone to do something
4.Make a pact with a friend where you deliberately and regularly encourage each other, and hold each other accountable.
Get an agreement with friends, encourage each other and supervise each other.
Accumulation of knowledge:
- hold each other accountable Mutual supervision; mutual accountability
- hold sb accountable for sth Let someone be responsible for something
- encourage each other
- learn form each other
- encourage sb to do sth Encourage someone to do something
- make a pact with sb Make three chapters with someone
5.Sit down and think, in detail, about all the likely consequences of not doing what needs to be done. Be brutally honest, and try and picture what your life is going to look like 6 months, a year and five years from now (if you continue to procrastinate) .
Sit down and think about all the consequences of not doing what needs to be done. Be brutally honest, and try and picture what your life is going to look like 6 months, a year and five years from now (if you continue to procrastinate) .
Sit down and think about all the consequences of not doing what needs to be done. Be brutally honest, and try and picture what your life is going to look like 6 months, a year and five years from now (if you continue to procrastinate) .
Sit down and think about all the consequences of not doing what needs to be done. Be brutally honest, and try and picture what your life is going to look like 6 months, a year and five years from now (if you continue to procrastinate) .
Sit down and think about all the consequences of not doing what needs to be done. Think about it, if you continue to delay, what will your life be like in 6 months, one year, or five years. Is it something you can accept? Is it the life you want?
Knowledge points:
- sit down
- in detail
- think about sth Thinking about something
- be brutally honest, honestly
- look like
- a year from now
- continue to do sth Continue to do sth
6.Decide to break large tasks down into smaller, more achieveable tasks, and then tackle these smaller tasks at a time.
breaks down the big tasks into smaller tasks that are easier to implement, and then completes these small tasks in turn.
Accumulation of knowledge:
- break ...down into ...decompose...
- tackle the task
- at a time
7.Recognise your progress, and affirm and praise yourself for making these changes — and doing things differently, even though it's hard.
Aware of your progress and affirmatively praises the changes you have made. Although this is difficult, you still have to try to make changes.
knowledge accumulation:
- praise sb for doing sth because...and praise someone
- even if even
