Tomorrow is Another Day”. Or is It?

Strategies for Coping with Procrastination

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  Face the fact that you will have to deal with the task anyway, so why not start doing it NOW.
  
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  Make yourself start working on the task even if it means working for only 5 min
  
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  Break the task into smaller tasks and do one bit at a time. Reward yourself at every stage after each smaller task is finished
  
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  If you have 2 or more big tasks to do, prioritise them in terms of urgency and importance and start working with the most urgent and most important one
  
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  Avoid things that distract you (e.g. television, phone calls, checking personal e- mail etc)
  
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  Don’t allow yourself to stop until you have worked for an hour
  
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  Reward yourself when you have finally finished the job (go out with friends, for example)
  
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  Remember, procrastination is a habit and can be beaten by a counter-habit or a counter-strategy. So, print out these strategies and put them on the wall for future reference and inspiration.