Purposeful Procrastination

Many people look at the term procrastination and give it a bad rap!

Procrastination according to Dictionary.com:

the act or habit of procrastinating, or putting off or delaying, especially something requiring immediate attention: She was smart, but her constant procrastination led her to be late with almost every assignment.

This is typically how people perceive the concept of procrastinating…

But I have another view! Let’s change our perception a little…

When we are putting off doing really big life and business changing tasks, that is often when procrastination becomes a barrier to success.

Typically, You see this big project in front of you and will often become overwhelmed by the complexity of it. (This is when chunking a large project into smaller manageable tasks comes in VERY handy).

But once that overwhelm sets in, You begin to look around for other smaller things to focus on and distract you from the bigger picture.

If you’re anything like me, you avoid the big thing and turn around and pick up your to do list and start working on all the little time fillers and menial tasks as an excuse NOT to work on the big project!

Instead, this week I encourage you to procrastinate on the smaller things.

Use a technique such as purposeful procrastination… putting off the things that collectively aren’t as important to do ourselves as we give them credit for.

By procrastinating purposefully, we can put off the little things and have someone else do them for us all while taking bigger bites out of our Big Picture items!

Do you have any tips or tricks to help with procrastination?  Share your insights with us in the comment box below!

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