Procrastination series : All the tips in one place!

We've come to the end of our procrastination series. Here's all the tips in one handy guide!

Feb 18, 2024

Many people have commented on our How to Beat Procrastination series. It seems to have been helpful for many of you, for which I am glad!

Now that the series is complete, (with 10 complete articles), I thought I would gather all the resources into one handy guide :

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How to beat procrastination - part 1 : know your tendency

In my recent reader survey, the main pain point mentioned by my readers is that they can’t stop procrastinating. Procrastination is hard! We all do it, I do it also. But, over the past decade of me reading every productivity book under the sun, watching videos, listening to podcasts, and coaching clients, I have come across many tools to beat it, startin…

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How to beat procrastination pt. 2 - Is it vital?

Procrastination. We all do it. I feel, just like you, the guilt of postponing, again and again, that pesky task that sits on my to-do list. We all have this one thing we just can’t get ourselves to do! But what if it doesn’t need to be done, at all…

a year ago · 1 like · Productive Happiness

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How to beat procrastination pt. 3 - Clarify the next action

Have you ever found yourself stuck on a project, unable to move the ball forward, but not sure why? Broad projects can often be unclear, too large to actually know what to work on next. And that can create stress, confusion and inaction in the form of procrastination. We’ve all been there…

a year ago · Productive Happiness

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How to beat procrastination pt. 4 - Single tasking

In this day and age, we all work in fast-paced environments where we are required to tackle many projects simultaneously. We don’t have enough time to get everything accomplished, so we turn to multitasking as a way to get everything done. We believe that multitasking makes us more effective, when in fact, it doesn’t…

a year ago · Productive Happiness

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How to beat procrastination pt. 5 - Is there too much on your plate?

Managing the various demands of daily life can soon become overwhelming. With work, family life, and daily chores, sometimes everything can become just too much. And that’s when you can start procrastinating on the small stuff, or sometimes the big stuff, from sheer overwhelm…

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How to beat procrastination pt. 6 - the kitchen timer

Does this ever happen to you? You know you’ve got something you NEED to get done. But you freeze. You procrastinate. You just can’t get it done. When this happens to me, I use a little kitchen timer and it works. Every. Single. Time. The kitchen timer trick…

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How to beat procrastination pt. 7 - The Power Hour

We all have a list of tasks that we never get around to doing. You know those exhausting, pesky tasks that we put off, week after week? What if you could knock a bunch of those in only an hour? How would you feel to get those off your back? That’s what the power hour is for…

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How to beat procrastination pt.8 : Energy management

It’s 2 pm, you’ve had your early afternoon cup of joe, but you suddenly feel sluggish, you could take a nap. Nothing gets done. Can you relate? Most of us suffer from the afternoon slump. Some even feel it around 10 am. Your productivity suffers from these drops in your energy levels…

a year ago · 1 like · 3 comments · Productive Happiness

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How to beat procrastination pt. 9 - Get specific!

Welcome to part 9 of our procrastination series! This series has been by far our most popular resource on Substack! In today’s newsletter, you will learn how to clarify your to-do list to eliminate analysis paralysis, a common cause of procrastination. And it is fairly straightforward; get specific…

10 months ago · 3 likes · 8 comments · Productive Happiness

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How to beat procrastination - Get rid of distractions

After reading the first 9 parts of our Beat procrastination series, you should have a pretty solid idea of how to do it. But what if you still can’t? It’s time to look at your environment. Does your phone ding and distract you every time you’re getting started? Do you find yourself scrolling social media instead of writing that report? I’ve got you cove…

10 months ago · 2 likes · Productive Happiness

Thank you for following along for this series! Let me know in the comments below which topics you would like me to cover in an upcoming series!

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Procrastination series : All the tips in one place!

We've come to the end of our procrastination series. Here's all the tips in one handy guide!

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