fight for your legal status, fight for your career, fight against discrimination, procrastination, and etc., fight for everything. I used to be a fighter during my time at college and at work. Now I must pick it up again.
今天看到一个小册子，overcoming procrastination，总结一下，与大家共勉。
For most of us, the word "procrastination" reminds us of past experiences when we felt guilty, lazy, inadequate, anxious, or stupid -- or some combination of these emotions. It also implies a value judgment: you may feel that if you procrastinate, you are a bad person.
Many people cite the folloing reasons for avoiding work:
- lack of interest
- acceptance of another's goals
- perfectionism
- evaluation anxiety
- ambiguity
- fear of the unknown
- inability to handle the task
After you have acknowledged your procrastination, identified the emotional block, and analyzed the underlying causes, try to become aware of your own thoughts and beliefs that result in your procrastination.
Consider the following examples.
- Do you ignore a task by acting as if it will go away?
- Do you underestimate the work involved in the task, or overestimate your abilities and resources in relationship to the task?
- Do you deceive yourself into believing that a mediocre performance or lower standards are acceptable?
- Do you deceive yourself by substituting one worthy activity for another
- Do you believe that repeated "minor" delays are harmless?
- Do you dramatize a commitment to a task rather than actually doing it?
- Do you persevere on only one portion of the task?
- Do you become paralyzed in deciding between alternative choices?
If you can visualize yourself in one or more of these vignettes, you may be ready to overcome your problems with avoidance or procrastination. The following is a list of stpes that may help you deal with your avoidance problems:
- Read through the above examples to find the priciples that apply to you. Write them down.
- Make honest decisions about your work. If you wish to spend only a minimal amount of effort or time on a particular task, admit it. Do not allow guilt feelings to interfere. Weigh the consequences of various amounts of investment in a project and find the optimal return for your investment. This step exposes intentional reasons for avoiding work. If you have been unintentionally avoiding work, admit to yourself that you want to achieve certain goals and accept the responsibilities involved in meeting those goals.
- Work to acquire an adequate understanding of what is necessary to accomplish a task within a given time frame.
- Distinguish between activities that dramatize your sense of commitment and activities that will help you accomplish the task. Devote only the amount of time tha tis appropriate for each part of a task. Develop an overview of the entire project and visualize the individual steps that are needed to reach completion. Write them down. Order them. Re-arrange or add steps later if needed.
The larger, more involved the project, the more difficult it is to plan effectively to carry it out. The following steps may be helpful:
- Segment the task. The entire job may seem impossible, but smaller segments may seem more manageable. Divide the task into small steps.
- Distribute the small steps reasonably within the given time frame. "Reasonably" is the key word; you must allot sufficient time for each step. Do not fool yourself by believing you can do more than is humanly possible.
- Realize that all of us periodically need variety and relaxation. Intersperse rewards, relaxation, and gratification for work completed. This will help you feel less resentful of the task and the work that still needs to be done.
- Monitor your progress on the small steps. Watch for the pitfalls discussed ealier. Assess problems when they arise and do something about them quickly. Keep track fo the segments and how they fit together to form the whole picture. Reassess time commitments as necessary.
- Be reasonable in your expectations of yourself. Perfectionistic expectations may cause you to rebel or may sabotage your progress.
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