# Procrastination

Date: 2021-07-21 14:38:09 +08:00Date modified: 2021-07-21 14:48:18 +08:00

As We are more associative than structured, our brain associates things we don't like as pain. Thus, we have the tendency to avert to them as much as possible including distracting ourselves with social media, upholding activities for tomorrow, and doing unrelated things.

Procrastination is a habitual problem. It is a negative habit that rewards you for doing nothing thus can be compared to addiction. Furthermore, it leads into the habit of cramming and you'll know from The basics of memory that the Learning process does take time to settle.

There are ways to fight against this:

- Just Start small and improve later. With Most of the work is done from smaller amount of effort, you'll be finding yourself making more progress over time.

- Use sessions of Spaced repetition with focus and relaxation. Specifically, use a timer and make each session to end with a short period of relaxation.

## Backlinks

- Pitfalls and illusions of competence
- Time spent on learning a skill should equally spend time for applying said skill