The ways to get rid of procrastination are: make long-term plans, get rid of perfectionism, eliminate interference, and supervise each other.

1. Make long-term plans

To change the habit of procrastination, you must first make long-term plans. Just like losing weight, you can't tell yourself "start losing weight tomorrow" every time. Instead, you need to set a long-term weight loss goal and divide it into small plans. Put a sticky note in a place where you can often see it, or put it in a place where you can often see it. A photo of myself when I gained weight was posted on the refrigerator to remind myself “Never be like this again.”

2. Get rid of perfectionism

People use procrastination to avoid various things that scare and disgust them, such as fear of failure, fear of not doing things perfectly, etc. Because you want to complete something or want it to be flawless, you don't want to do it because you are afraid of not doing it perfectly, and you feel that it is meaningless and you are too lazy to do it. When encountering this situation, you might as well lower your requirements and focus on the process of hard work rather than the final result.

3. Eliminate interference

Turn off your mobile phone, stay away from the Internet, and eliminate all sources of interference around you. People can maintain their attention to the greatest extent when they are "working hard" and can use this time to conquer the most difficult and important part of the matter.

4. Supervise each other

It is much easier to find some friends to overcome the habit of procrastination together than to "go it alone". According to Guangming.com, a student dormitory at Wuhan University formed a grid mutual aid group to supervise and urge each other. They used this method to cure procrastination in many students.

Extended information:

Five main characteristics of procrastination

1. Procrastination is not innate. It is learned from those around you, but not directly. It may come from a strong upbringing, and procrastination may even be a form of rebellion. In this family environment, friends' tolerance for the procrastinator can encourage this habit.

2. People who procrastinate lie to themselves. For example, "I would rather do this tomorrow", or "I can only do it well if there is pressure", but this is not actually the case. Another lie procrastinators tell is that time pressure makes them more creative, but this is just their perception and they are wasting their time.

3. People with procrastination will constantly look for entertainment and deliberately delay doing important things. Because they are afraid of important things, such things become a way for them to regulate emotions (such as fear of failure).

4. People with procrastination have no concept of time. They are seriously unpunctual and do not regard other people's time as time, which affects other people's emotions and can also undermine teamwork.

5. Procrastination can be done slowly, and procrastination is not a serious problem. This kind of psychology is actually a profound problem of self-regulation. It becomes an excuse for me to tolerate my procrastination, which is also the root of the problem.

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