You are not a procrastintor, you procrastinate

You aren’t lazy or a procrastinator… It’s just a habit you do

Learn to prioritize

Learning how to prioritize can help declutter the road to getting anything done.

When you are overwhelmed with tasks on your to-do list, it’s hard to know which one to focus on first.

Getting very little done at the end of the day can end up making you feel lazy when in fact, you probably just don’t prioritize well.

The truth is not all tasks are equally important. Knowing which ones to prioritize first can make or break your progress.

This is where the Eisenhower Matrix can come in handy.

Every single task you have on your to-do list will fall into one of the following categories:

1. Important and urgent: These are the tasks that can’t wait so you should get them done as soon as possible. Anything with a tight deadline goes here.

2. Important and not urgent: These are usually tasks that you can schedule and get to after you’ve dealt with important and urgent.

3. Not important and urgent: These types of tasks you can simply give to someone else, or if not possible, get to them after the first two types are completed.

4. Not important and not urgent: It’s quite possible that you have certain tasks in your to-do list that don’t really add much value to any aspect of your life. It’s up to you to decide what those tasks are and simply remove them from your to-do list.

Pick the one thing that’s most important and urgent and just get started on it right now.

Divide and conquer big tasks

When you’re faced with a big task, it may feel daunting and overwhelming, but as the saying goes: “There is only one way to eat an elephant; a bite at a time.”

If you are wondering how to overcome laziness, learn how to accomplish big tasks with ease.

Here’s a trick:

Set aside 5 minutes and divide the big, intimidating task into smaller, bite-sized tasks.

How to do it?

Large tasks, such as writing a paper, organizing a birthday party, or planning a trip, consist of small tasks that must be completed before you can consider them done. Take action immediately on the first, smallest task. You’ve got this!

For example, if you’re writing a blog article, you would want to start with the research, then prepare an outline, break it down into further subsections, and only then actually start writing.

This approach can be applied to literally anything.

Once you start chomping on that big task one bite at a time, the feeling of laziness will be replaced with the feeling of accomplishment.

Try this today on one task you have been putting off… me, writing tomorrow’s blog.