Procrastination - Why Does A Person Procrastinate?

By Allison Thompson

There are many things which can stop you as a person from succeeding in life, but the biggest one of them all is procrastination. It is procrastination which can prevent a person from actually achieving their goals and put obstacles in their way. It is procrastination which can also make a person choose a particular path which will result in them not achieving what it was they first set out to do.

But how does some one know if they are a procrastinator or not? Below we provide you with you a few pointers that should help you to understand a little more about whether you procrastinate or not.

1. For the 20% of people who have identified themselves as being chronic procrastinators will know that it is a particular lifestyle and is going to intrude into all aspects of their life. For these particular people leading what would be considered a normal kind of life is very difficult.

2. For many procrastinators actually managing what time they have available to them in order to complete a certain task is not a problem. Rather they will find it more difficult to sit down and work how just how much time it is they need in order to complete the task in hand.

3. There are some people who believe that a procrastinator is actually born with their problem and this is not so. For many the problem will evolve over the years and will be related to the kind of upbringing they have had as well as how they interact with others. For example if a child is brought up by parents who are very controlling then the likelihood of them becoming a procrastinator is greatly increased. Simply because they will not have the chance to learn how to deal with situations and problems that any normal child would have to do.

4. In studies carried out people who tend to procrastinate it has been found that they tend to drink more alcohol than others. This may simply be because they use it as a way of helping them to avoid dealing with the problems that they face throughout their lives and help them to cope with those times when things are much worse they may really seem to others.

5. Many people who procrastinate will look for those distractions which avoid them from committing to those things that are important. So often they will try and go for the tasks that they find easy to do and know which they can complete without feeling guilty. They avoid the much harder tasks simply because they feel that they do not have abilities or skill required in order to complete them properly.

Yet for those who have identified that they do procrastinate there are certain things that they can do which can help them to make changes and fight procrastinating. Although it is important that when looking for ways to prevent yourself from procrastinating that the changes you make will take time to help you. A person can undergo cognitive behavioral with a trained therapist as a way of making the necessary changes in their lives as well as to understand better why the procrastinate.

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