Simple Steps to Stop Procrastinating

Are you a victim of laziness, a root cause of procrastination? Do you often suffer because of what you initially considered as easy has turned difficult with the loss of time, and what appeared hard, due to further delay, has become impossible now? You may draw comfort from the fact that you are in the company of many that are affected by procrastination. But you must realize that you will experience true comfort, if you get rid of your laziness by shaking yourself up into action. Like many others, you can indeed stop procrastinating and start meeting deadlines, by following a few simple steps that teach you effective time management.

1. Plan your daily must-do activities. Draw up a to-do list; preferably, write it down on paper; or, use a computer if you prefer.

2. Prioritize the activities, the more important ones taking precedence over the less important. If there are urgent things to do, but not important enough to be worried about if not done, put them below the important ones. The idea is based on the established principle that 80% of rewards accrue from 20% of effort directed towards accomplishing important work.

3. Estimate the time required for each of the listed activities after analyzing their complexity. Avoid underestimation, as you may not have enough time to do well a particular of piece of work. Similarly, avoid overestimation, for that may leave some activities without enough time. A realistic budgeting of time is a must. Time allocation is a skill that is acquired with experience. So keep reviewing and revising your time schedule as you progress.

4. Organize your life. That will help you avoid wasting your precious time and leave more time for the actual work. Remember indiscipline causes confusion, even chaos, in life. It eats into your time. Avoid sloppiness. For instance, leave your personal belongings of daily use, like your glasses, your clothing, your computer etc., in the same place. If you do, you won’t need to spend time looking for them all over the place. Apply the principle of doing work first and then taking time for pleasure and relaxation. Reverse the order only at the pain of falling prey to procrastination. You can get time for rest and relaxation if you are efficient in doing your assigned work.

5. Start working bit by bit. You may see a mountain at first, but mountains can be moved, especially if you begin by moving just a small stone from it. You know you cannot move the entire mountain all at once. Do not be overwhelmed by the immensity of the task before you. That will put you off. And you will put off the task for another day, which will never come. Just begin by taking one small step and you will invariably reach your destination.

6. Put first things first early in the day. Remember procrastination grows into a habit by the minute. Begin your day by launching yourself head first into the most important job waiting to be done.

7. Learn to cope with anxiety, depression, stress and other similar conditions of the mind related to your problems in life. Keep yourself fit, not just physically but mentally as well. Learn and practice suitable mental relaxation techniques such as meditation.

::Kimesh is my nick/brand name I'm a charming guy who like's working with everyone from all race and creed. I love learning new things, socializing and making new friends, exploring new cultures and most especially inspiring the youth in my community and also all over the world through what I’m doing. One thing I have come to learn in my passion for excellence of my life, there is always something, somewhere, somebody or anything of the sort that motivates and inspires you or the opposite. I would urge all the youth around the world to believe in themselves and think about life as a positive vibe.
In my passion for excellence is just the beginning of a narrow, harsh and rough road that
With hard work and patient
To me it looks wider as it rolls to the far end. For they say
a gentleman is simply a patient wolf.

I am humbled to take this incredible opportunity to give thanks to the almighty God first for making realize who I am, what I can and can not do and finally shown me the way to go to. Secondly to my beloved family which have been like footsteps for me to follow through and have been there and will always be there for me. Lastly I would like to thank all the people who have help me in achieving all that I have in one way or the other , I wont mention names for now but some of them are people we have dinned with, worked with, talk to, played with etc they know yourselves ‘NIWEGA MUNO’
(Thanks alot)

samuel .k. muraya :: Having lived in Mathare which is the second biggest slums in Africa, I have learned the practicalities of life what we say 'learning by doing' or born a 'dreamer' and an achiever from a tender age trying to make both end meet. Imagine seeing yourself somewhere great in the next ten years but you don’t know how, believe me or not if you apply the practicalities of life you will ultimately succeed.. Below are some of the phrases or quotes
I borrowed from some writers that reflects me, gives me hope, and that keeps my life running;
• "I like a teacher who gives you something to take home to think about besides homework." -- Edith Ann, [Lily Tomlin]

• "You teach best what you most need to learn."

• A mind once stretched by a new idea never regains its original dimensions.

• "Time is a great teacher, but unfortunately it kills all its pupils." -- (Louis) Hector Berlioz

• An expert is a man who has made all the mistakes which can be made, in a narrow field.

• Education ... has produced a vast population able to read but unable to distinguish what is worth reading.

• An expert is one who knows more and more about less and less.

• Education is a progressive discovery of our own ignorance.
- Will Durant

• Education is what remains after one has forgotten everything he learned in school.
- Albert Einstein (1879-1955)

• Experience is a good school, but the fees are high.
- Heinrich Heine

• Experience is not what happens to you. It is what you do with what happens to you.

• "Who dares to teach must never cease to learn."
-- John Cotton Dana

• "A teacher affects eternity; he can never tell where his influence stops."
-- Henry Brooks Adams

• "What i want is to see the child in pursuit of knowledge, and not knowledge in pursuit of the child."

• "Imagination is more important than knowledge. Knowledge is limited. Imagination encircles the world."
-- Albert Einstein

• "I have never let my schooling interfere with my education."

• "Education is not the answer to the question. Education is the means to the answer to all questions."

• "Experience is a hard teacher because she gives the test first, the lesson afterward."

• "I may have said the same thing before... But my explanation, I am sure, will always be different."

• "Formal education will make you a living; self-education will make you a fortune."
-- Jim Rohn

• "Getting things done is not always what is most important. There is value in allowing others to learn, even if the task is not accomplished as quickly, efficiently or effectively."
-- R.D. Clyde

• "A liberally educated person meets new ideas with curiosity and fascination. An illiberally educated person meets new ideas with fear."

• "Education makes people easy to lead, but difficult to drive; easy to govern, but impossible to enslave."
-- Henry Peter Broughan

• "It is possible to store the mind with a million facts and still be entirely uneducated."

• "I cannot teach anybody anything, I can only make them think."
-- Socrates

• Teachers open the door, but you must enter by yourself."

• "Education's purpose is to replace an empty mind with an open one."
-- Malcolm Forbes -