Procrastination

Work finally begins when the fear of doing nothing exceeds the fear of doing it badly. — Alain de Botton

• Procrastination is not a result of boredom, it’s a consequence of not knowing exactly what you should be doing in the moment.

  • For example, maybe you know that you should be working on your research paper. This is a monumental task, and it is easier to open Instagram than to grapple with such a vague responsibility.
  • Conversely, if you decided beforehand that the next task required for your paper is to record six notes for a specific scholarly article, you would have no problem executing. Modularize Your Life
  • Strive to reduce friction between tasks.

• As soon as you start to work on the problem at hand, your fear of failure goes down because you can influence the outcome.