I bet no human can say they never procrastinated and they never do. It's a human nature. The question is, to what extent is acceptable?
There's no fine line between what is acceptable in this case, this would be my answer. It doesn't matter how simple the task is that I may be procrastinating; it will affect me one way or another, and the effect would be big or small.
This would be the biggest lie if I said I'm the perfect one and never leave any work undone. I do spend a very busy day, doing a full-time job and then taking care of a family of four means there's no room for leaving any work untouched.
I do procrastinate in other things like personal care, going to the salon, going for shopping, or even to the doctor, doing home decor things, dusting my house, etc; usually the things that don't require attention right now.
If I talk about a special recent event then it would be about taking part in the last prompt of this community. I even short-drafted a post but the time got over and I left it there.
Another event I can remember is forgetting to call back one of my old friends. I felt so embarrassed when she called me back again and said, how I didn't give her priority and how I changed. In reality, I was just thinking of calling back and then forgot.
I usually follow a strict routine and that helps me to leave no room for delaying any daily work. As I said, my day-to-day work is very organized. But when it comes to taking care of other things I usually delay that and it affects my life in many ways.
Eliminating distraction is the best tool to stick to the routine/plan. If you are not a multi-tasker then stick to one single thing and finish that properly. Write it down, it may sound silly but it helped me a lot to remember small details.
I often forget things because I use social media in between or do other things. If you are doing small things then avoid doing this. And if you are into big things like working on a big project then I would suggest following the above rules.
There are many online help/advice available about this topic. I personally found some of them very helpful in navigating my condition and finding a solution. You can do that too.
There's so recipe for it not that it's a character flaw that procrastinating would make you weak and you can never get up for this. Understanding your pattern and working on to slowly changing your habit is the best thing you can do.
Your @peacefulsoul
Thank you.
We all have fallen victim and will still fall victim . Sometimes I am tempted to settle it that we can't escape procrastination but we can reduce the rate at which fall to it.
I use that writing method a lot and it has been very effective
I agree. We can't control it entirely but we can reduce falling for the same trap.