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Beat procrastination of writing using “The Most Dangerous Writing App”

January 27, 2019 / Fatos Morina / 0 Comments

I have published more than 270 articles in this blog now and I still have difficulties getting started, despite the fact that I may have a particular topic that I want to write about, or that I have already made a decision to start writing. I just find other things that I could be spending my time on and this makes me procrastinate and delay starting. However, once I get started, I am more likely to follow through and finish writing the article, as I have gained some momentum and want to go further and finish it. A friend of mine has informed me about a tool that I have used to get started for writing a few articles that I have already published here called TheMostDangerousWritingApp.

Learning as a new way of procrastination

February 19, 2017 / Fatos Morina / 0 Comments

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We live in an area when it is easier to find information than to go out and buy at a local market nearby. Although it sounds fascinating, this has come to us as a cost: We are only learning new things, and getting new information, but hesitate and procrastinate from the actual work. Before you move on to read this article, let me ask you something: Why are you reading this? Is this article something that is really interesting for you to read, or why are you still here? Honestly speaking, there are times that we are only trying to busy ourselves with other things as an excuse for not taking action. Continue reading

Do not trust your future self

February 5, 2017 / Fatos Morina / 0 Comments

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If you have a task that you need to finish and you have so much time available, but still plan to postpone doing this task for tomorrow, because you are not feeling motivated right now, then this is not a good idea. Chances are that you are not going to feel motivated to do it tomorrow either. People have the tendency for wishful thinking. They simply believe that things will somehow get better without having the resolve and commitment to take any action at all. Continue reading

Time estimations of task completion can help you be more productive

August 21, 2016 / Fatos Morina / 0 Comments

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Having a long pile of to do items can be overwhelming. Organizing them based on their importance and urgency should be the filters that we should use most of the time. However, there might be also be another useful filter that can come in hand at times when we are not sure that the above mentioned filters are pointing to the right task to be done at a certain period of time. This important filter is the estimation of the time needed for tasks that are on our to-do lists to be completed. Continue reading

Combat procrastination by questioning the reasons of its occurrence

July 31, 2016 / Fatos Morina / 0 Comments

Procrastination is something that at some point at in our lives we have done it, no matter how disciplined we might look like in front of the others, or how many things we have done so far. It is something that we still do it here and there because of different factors. Being able to identify the reason of its occurrence is one of the most important steps that might help you to combat it.

Our different selves through time that prevent us from a qualitative lifestyle

April 17, 2016 / Fatos Morina / 1 Comment

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In a recent email, the author of the book The Best Place to Work: The Art and Science of Creating an Extraordinary Workplace, Rod Friedman mentioned something very interesting. He told a story that happened to him and his daughter recently. A couple of days ago he went to the cinema with his daughter and although they had an unpleasant experience while watching the movie, they did not recall that particular story that way. They initially did not like the movie and considered it as not worth their time, but later on, as they were thinking a bit differently. They actually did change their opinion about the movie and thought that it was not that bad, and that it did deserve worth a watch. Rod considered this occurrence to happen as a result of our different selves that might change throughout different times. Continue reading

Beat procrastination using a timer

December 27, 2015 / Fatos Morina / 0 Comments

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When you start doing something, it is usually easier to continue working on it than abandoning it. We might find it very difficult to start, because the project that we intend to work on is a bit scary, or that we are overwhelmed from the amount of work that we ought to do. A solution to these types of cases can be starting a timer and tricking yourself into thinking that you will work simply for a short amount of time. Continue reading

Beat procrastination with the Feynman technique

August 23, 2015 / Fatos Morina / 0 Comments

Richard Feynman was a Nobel Prize winner in Physics who used a method of learning complex things that seems very obvious and immediately makes sense that it is easy, but in fact only a few people use it. I have already mentioned it in a previous blog post as a way of learning and preparing for your exams, and I will not focus on that, but I have had an insight about the way and the possibilities of using this technique as a means of beating procrastination. Continue reading

Do not let perfectionism prevent you from starting

August 2, 2015 / Fatos Morina / 0 Comments

It is important to do your job really well, with the best of your abilities, but if you delay starting working each time, then it might be because that aim for perfectionism is actually becoming an alternate road that is causing you to procrastinate. Continue reading

Overthinking your tasks is preventing you from the actual work

December 31, 2014 / Fatos Morina / 2 Comments

I have seen myself procrastinating countless times, with the justification of not being in the right mood , or I was thinking that this is not the right moment to start doing my tasks, despite the prior planning. In other words, more often than not, I was only giving excuses, because I was only overthinking things and hoping for a better time that will somehow improve the circumstances and push me on the other end. According to American Psychological Association, 20 percent of U.S. men and women are chronic procrastinators and I have previously mentioned some methods that can help you beat it. 2 minutes rule can help you start acting instead of scrolling up and down on Reddit, and in this post I will tell you two quick steps that might also help you. Continue reading