“Mejor lo hago mañana”
“Ya se me fue todo el día”
“Casi termina la semana, mejor empiezo el lunes”
"I'd better do it tomorrow"
"My whole day is already gone"
"The week is almost over, I'd better start on Monday"
Do these phrases sound familiar, if your answer is "yes", I'm sorry to tell you that you, my dear reader, are a procrastinator. Sounds a bit bad right? Haha, relax, it is something a little bad but not that bad, you are simply a person who very often postpones or delays important activities for others that are more irrelevant or enjoyable. This happens to a lot of people and more in these times where there are so many fun activities to do from the comfort of our couch. Perhaps the pandemic has left us all a little more procrastinators but do not worry, it is something that has a solution, the hardest thing is to decide to cut with this pattern and do our part to follow these 5 simple tips that will gradually help you to return to your routine or create a new one that suits your new interests.
1. Realiza una lista de cosas por hacer
Make a to-do list
During the evenings make a list of 5 things you want to accomplish the next day, they don't necessarily have to be super relevant things initially. Sometimes we are so immersed in our comforts that trivial tasks such as washing our clothes, are postponed to the point where the basket overflows, if you are going through a time where procrastinating is your daily bread, celebrate every achievement however small it may seem and most importantly DO NOT PUNISH YOURSELF. The beginning always costs a little more, probably the first few days you will not be able to accomplish all the tasks but you have already taken the first step towards change and that is already an achievement.
2. Toma en cuenta la regla de los 2 minutos
Take into account the 2-minute rule
There is a very famous rule that consists of never putting off activities that take you about 2 minutes, such as sending an email, making the bed or answering a chat. If you find yourself with one of these tasks do not hesitate and do it right away, so you can clear the itinerary of pending tasks, you can even adapt the time to your liking and instead of 2 minutes you can propose to perform all the tasks of 5 or 10 minutes at the time.
3. Automotivate
Self-motivate yourself
Many times we postpone our activities for lack of motivation, we do not have that impulse to help us get out of bed so a very practical idea is to give ourselves little pushes to make it easier for us to take the first step. If your goal is to go for a run or do some exercise in the morning, leave your clothes already laid out on the bed and place your sneakers on the side of the bed so that it is the first thing you see when you get up, even if it is hard to get dressed you can go to bed with your best sporty look until you adapt to your new routine. Another self-motivation option would be to give yourself small prizes at the end of the day or at the end of the week, if you fulfill your 5 daily tasks you can reward yourself by watching a movie that you had on your list or eating something delicious when you achieve 5 days in a row exercising. You know yourself better and you know what your likes are, use that knowledge to motivate yourself.
4. Aprovecha los domingos
Take advantage of Sundays
Sunday is the last day of the week and we can take advantage of it to plan the week that is about to begin, if you want to have a day of rest on Sunday is ideal but always take a few minutes to organize yourself by evaluating which are the most important tasks you would like to accomplish this week and place them strategically on the days that you think would be easier for you. A tip for better organization is to have weekly calendars or calendars to write down your daily and weekly tasks. Visual work is always very important..
5. Evita las distracciones
Avoid distractions
There is a very interesting concept called "bubble of total concentration" (BCT) consists of moving away all the elements that can distract us when performing an important activity in order to concentrate 100%. If you know that you could easily check your cell phone when you receive a notification and get stuck for hours checking social networks, leave it in your room or put it on silent while you finish your tasks. You can also aim to go into the bubble for a timed hour (or however long you feel necessary) and then take a 10 or 15 minute break before returning to the bubble, it's always good to clear your mind every so often to recharge a little energy.
-Traduccion: DeepL translate
-Fuentes de las imágenes:
1)https://es.365psd.com/psd/to-do-list-app-ui-55290
2)https://hipertextual.com/2015/09/regla-de-los-dos-minutos
3)https://depor.com/depor-play/tecnologia/netflix-como-ver-peliculas-y-series-gratis-2021-sin-suscripcion-hd-4k-sin-pago-free-movies-streaming-aplicaciones-apps-smartphone-celulares-estados-unidos-espana-mexico-nnda-nnni-noticia/
4)https://www.idealist.org/es/accion/como-podemos-planificar-hacerlo-mejor
5)https://guiauniversitaria.mx/5-pasos-para-mejorar-tu-concentracion-considerablemente/