Self Improvement

Control Your Environment: The Best Way to Combat Procrastination and Temptations

Do you have problems with procrastination? Do you find it difficult to stay on track with your plans? Then I might have a solution for you!

Why Control Your Environment?

Controlling your environment is one of the, if not the most effective tactic you can employ in combating procrastination and temptations.

3 Ways to Control Your Environment

1. Alter Your Environment for the better

There are two ways to alter your environment, either by adding things or removing them.

For example: If you wish to be more productive when using your computer, then delete games that may tempt you into procastinating.

Here is another one: If you wish to exercise more, then place your gym equipment where it is easily accessible.

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Remove unnecessary things that may make you procrastinate; add things that makes you do your desired work.

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This advice only works if you own the place or have authority to alter it.

2. Stray away from places that makes you procastinate and deviates you away from your plans

If you can't change the environment, then the next best way is to stay away from that environment.

The reasoning for this is so that you are not tempted to procastinate or go astray in your plans.

For Example: You wish to quit smoking? Don't go to places that sells ciggarretes.

Here is another one: Want to be more productive? Then stay away from places that grabs your attention away.

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Staying away from places where you are easily tempted to procrastinate or stray away is a simple yet effective plan.

3. Ignore Temptations Using Willpower

If all else fails, use willpower to ignore the temptation.

This is not recommended to be your first line of defense; this is because willpower is limited; it is not something you should waste a majority of trying not to go astray.

A better use for willpower is to push yourself through your limits or to try out new hobbies.

Imagine your willpower as an equivalent of mana (the thing that wizards and magic users need to do magic).

Each individual has different levels of willpower, some stronger and some not so strong; regardless, it is a limited resource that can only be recovered through rest, use it sparingly.