You know what you should do but can't make yourself do it. At the end of the day you feel exhausted, despite having done much less than you might have. Increasing levels of stress prevent you from working by forcing you to fear failure. Suddenly you don't know where to begin so you start procrastinating and get into a vicious circle. All of us have probably experienced this situation. Why it happens and what can be done about it was explained on the Time Management Ninja blog.
Loss of confidence in your own abilities
You have tried to change your unproductive habits many times but never succeeded. So you think you will fail again. Doubts are natural but if you don't try, nothing will ever change. You can only try again.
Various distractions
You can't concentrate on work because you are distracted by the Internet, your mobile phone, a room full of people, your plans unrelated to work ... The only way to overcome this problem is to reduce distractions to a minimum. Try to start with the phone: read how to end your mobile phone addiction.
Too much thinking
Try to look objectively at how much time you spend thinking about what you should do instead of actually doing it. There is no ideal time to start. You will never have all the information and face no risk of doing something wrong. You just have to start. Concentrate on the present.
Simple tasks
Faced with a large and difficult task, you tend to delay it as much as possible. Instead, you focus on simple and less important tasks or you are looking for all sorts of meaningless activities just to avoid having to start on the difficult task. The only result of this attitude is growing levels of stress and guilt. Therefore, you should stick to the rule of doing the hardest tasks in the morning. Maintain a positive attitude and keep in mind that the sooner you finish an unpleasant task, the better you will feel.
Poor organisational skills
You have not created any daily working rituals and you don't know how to define priorities. As a result, you process tasks as you come across them. In this case, we recommend reading Indisputable rules of time management and then other tips from our Time Management section.
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