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The most valuable of all education is the ability to make yourself do the thing you have to do when it has to be done, whether you like it or not. (Aldous Huxley)

Some Definitions

Procrastination - To defer action; delay.  To put off till another day or time; defer; delay.

Most - The greatest.

Valuable - Having qualities worthy of respect, admiration, or esteem. Of considerable use, service, or importance. Having considerable monetary worth; costing or bringing a high price.

Education - The act or process of imparting or acquiring general knowledge, developing the powers of reasoning and judgment, and generally of preparing oneself or others intellectually for mature life.

Ability - Competence in an activity or occupation because of one’s skill, training, or other qualification. Power or capacity to do or act physically, mentally, legally, morally, financially, etc..

Make Yourself - To force yourself. To compel yourself.

Do The Thing - The act of performing an action, deed, event, or performance.

Have To Do - Something that must be done. It is required, not optional.

When It Has To Be Done - At the proper time. Usually not before the proper time and definitely not after the proper time.

Whether You Like It Or Not - Whether it is pleasurable or not. Whether it is enjoyable or not.

Source: Dictionary.com

What Are The Major Causes Of Procrastination

• We don’t enjoy the task that needs to be done - After all, it’s a heck of a lot more pleasant doing something that’s fun as opposed to something that’s not.

• We enjoy something else so much that it keeps us from getting other things done - Sometimes, we enjoy doing something so much that it winds up taking of all of our time.  We then don’t have any time left to do everything else (even if those other things are more important or not).

Prioritization

Priority - Highest or higher in importance, rank, privilege, etc..

In my experience, people with procrastination problems often fail to prioritize.  Frequently, it’s not that they don’t have enough time or energy to do things, it’s that they do not prioritize properly.

If one fails to prioritize, things that need to get done often don’t get done, because something else, that was more fun, was given a higher priority.

So, How Does One Go About Prioritizing?

The best way is to follow a well-established set formula.

There are many systems out there for doing this and I’m going to share mine with you in tomorrow’s post.