The document discusses 4 types of procrastination and how to overcome them. It describes anxious procrastination which occurs when unrealistic expectations lead to stress and anxiety. To beat it, schedule fun activities before work. Fun procrastination happens when avoiding boring tasks by doing other fun things instead. To beat it, start another to-do list item instead of procrastinating. "Plenty of time" procrastination involves putting off tasks without deadlines for a long time. Set public deadlines to stay accountable. Perfectionist procrastination stems from a fear of failure. Look at past imperfect work to realize high standards can still be met.

1. 4 Types of Procrastination and How to Beat Them

3. 1. Anxious procrastination
• People who procrastinate a lot often end up scheduling in
more work than they can actually do, leaving no time for
fun activities or resting.
• Not fulfilling their unrealistic expectations causes stress
and anxiety which some people deal with by
procrastinating.

4. How to beat it
• Fill your schedule with fun activities and rest before
scheduling in any work.
• For example, if you find yourself checking Facebook for 15
minutes at 3pm every afternoon, schedule in Facebook time
first and plan your work around that.
• This scheduled fun or downtime will give you the chance to
relax and prevent you from over scheduling.

5. 2. Fun procrastination
• The fun procrastinator would rather be doing anything
except that one dreaded task.
• After all, there’s so many fun and exciting things you could
be doing instead, how can you bear to start that boring
project?

6. How to beat it
• Give in to your desire to procrastinate, but instead of
watching videos of kittens on YouTube, start another item
on your to do list.
• This way, you’ve made the dreaded task a lower priority
which will make you dread it a lot less, and in the
meantime, you’re still being productive. It’s a win-win.

7. 3. “Plenty of time” procrastination
• You may have tasks that don’t have deadlines. Take a look
at your to-do list. Chances are you have at least one item
that you’ve been putting off for weeks if not months.
• It’s something you want to do, you know it will make things
better in the long run, but you keep putting it off.

8. How to beat it
• By setting yourself deadlines and announcing them publicly,
you will not only get your work done, but you’ll do a good
job of it.
• Try setting deadlines and telling your friends, family and co-
workers about them.
• This public commitment should keep you on track and
motivate you to meet those deadlines.

9. 4. Perfectionist procrastination
• Perfectionists are always striving for the best and, as such,
are constantly criticizing their own work.
• For some perfectionists, the fear of failing, or producing
work to a low standard, can be so overwhelming they never
actually get around to starting anything.

10. How to beat it
• Try looking back at the last 5 jobs you completed. Were
they all perfect? Probably not. Were they sufficient?
Chances are you’re already working to a high standard so
stop giving yourself a hard time.
• Identifying times when you didn’t do the perfect job, but the
consequences were the same as if you did, will help you to
overcome your perfectionist routine and stop
procrastinating.