Recap: Turning procrastination into action
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Monday’s the perfect day to climb back on the horse; if you’ve been feeling behind and guilty about the crap you’ve been putting off, have a quick browse here (quick, I said). And when you’re done, try a fast dash to get back your confidence and knock down a few “mosquito tasks.”
- Mark Taw on Procrastination - Mark’s article gets to the core problems that cause people to get derailed, distracted, and perpetually off-target.
- Solid tactics for understanding (and beating) procrastination - Excellent, Neil Fiore-esque advice on unpacking why you’re procrastinating and rewiring the crummy thinking that supports it.
- Choosing a daily GTD action plan - Chris Murtland’s “revolving workflow strategies” for GTD are smart, realistic, and just might save you from a _fractal productivity spiral.
- Unpacking the anxieties on your TODO list - I like this practical, tactical approach to “cringe-busting” a list of tasks that you’ve been procrastinating. Basically, you write down each thing you want to do as well as the anxiety that’s kept you from doing it.
- Kick procrastination’s ass: Run a dash - Make fast, stress-free progress on a project you’ve been putting off.
- Jeff Covey: Running a Progressive Dash - Reader Jeff Covey shares how he’s started beating procrastination with a dash. Jeff’s system features a very fast daily start-up and smart way to make sure every to-do gets touched first thing every morning.
- Procrastination hack: “(10+2)*5” - Following on the idea of the procrastination dash and Jeff’s progressive dash, I’ve been experimenting with a squirelly new system to pound through my procrastinated to-do list.
- Solid tactics for understanding (and beating) procrastination
- Recap: Procrastination hacks, email overload, “Kinkless GTD,” and a visit from the Word Spy
- Mark Taw on Procrastination
- AskMe: Motivation to do things you dislike
- Unpacking the anxieties on your TODO list
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