Research into the reasons for procrastination and how to stop
That title sure promises a lot. I read all the way to the end and this is their solution:<p>1. Forgive yourself<p>2. Ignore your feelings about whether you&#x27;re in the mood to work on it<p>3. Break it down into small steps<p>I would say #2 is easier said than done for an extreme procrastinator. But, decent article. Sometimes it&#x27;s good just to hear that change is possible.<p>I would add to it that once you adopt new patterns they can set in and make productivity easier. It&#x27;s sort of like drinking or other chronic problems.. It&#x27;s rooted in your DNA and you do have to watch out for it creeping up on you, but the more successful you are the easier it gets.<p>In my case, making really granular todo lists and then crossing things off helped establish a rhythm. It showed me I could in fact accomplish a lot. It does take time to make and prioritize the list, but good prioritization is really important and totally worth it. Wunderlist helped a lot. Made it super easy to add things, prioritize in free moments, and constantly check it and &quot;live by the list&quot;.<p>I would still let some high priority stuff live on top of the list for weeks sometimes, but I could forgive myself for those lapses more readily because I could see how overall better I was doing. And that vastly increased my chances of eventually tackling those big scary tasks as opposed to spiraling into a negative feedback loop.<p>As the article notes, it really is about emotional management. Todo lists would be useless without structuring them in a way that lets you build up emotional gratification and self confidence.