Sometimes Procrastination is Good.
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Staten Island, NY Posted: 8/7/2017 1:00:00 AM
Believe it or not, sometimes it's best to procrastinate.
Although procrastination is the root of many productivity problems, sometimes it can actually be a great strategy, especially if you need to get a bunch of complex tasks done over a long period of time.
For example, let's say you need to get 25 complex tasks done in 25 days. While some people will try to get as many of the tasks done on the first day, and other people might wait until the last day, the best approach is to do one task each day for each of the 25 days.
The reason this approach works best is that it lets your mind fully digest each task and recover before taking on the next task. Using this approach, you start each day with the cumulative confidence gained from completing each of the tasks you've tackled so far. By contrast, if you try to do too many tasks at once, you aren't giving yourself time to fully recover and process what you've learned.
To put this into perspective, think of working out in the gym. It's better to work out 25 days in a row than it is to jam 25 days worth of exercises into one day. Each day at rest allows your body to rest and recover before starting the next workout.
The same is true of the way your mind "works out". By completing one task each day, you give your mind a chance to fully absorb and recover before taking on the next task. The result is you not only gain the confidence of knowing you've completed 25 tasks, but that your mind has handled these tasks over time, which makes your learning even more powerful. By the 25th day, these new skills will be like a habit engraved into your mind in a way that doing them all at once can never do.
Joe Crescenzi, Founder
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