The Top 3 Reasons For Procrastination

Procrastination is a highly illogical and irrational practice, so what are some of the reasons for procrastination? "I'll do it tomorrow" a phrase often uttered by many of us too many times. It's a phrase that can directly result in procrastination.

The thing about that practice is that its reasons may not be clearly apparent at first thought. As humans everything we do has a reason; nothing just happens.

All of our behavior is driven by the need to please our egos. In other words we do things for a positive return. Think about it, everything that you do, is done because you think that it will have a positive effect in your life (depending on your particular circumstance and your own definition of positive) With this is mind let us think about some of the reasons for procrastination.

A big reason is fear. This can be fear of failure, fear of imperfection, fear of the unknown once the task is complete.Being fearful will stop you from taking whatever action that could potentially bring on these feelings of fear.

You may be afraid to look bad in the eyes of others so you will put off a particular task constantly looking for the right time. But in actuality the right time doesn't exist.

You are so caught up in your fear of failing or not doing something right that you never get around to it at all.

Sometimes we genuinely feel that we don't know how to do a particular thing. We lack the skills or knowledge to actually complete a job.

So because we don't really know how to get the job done we just don't do it, instead of gaining the skills needed to complete the task.

Another one of relatively unknown reasons to procrastinate, is a desire to rebel and resist expectations or standards placed upon you. Your procrastinating may be in response to a higher power inflicting demands upon you that you may not necessarily agree with.

Think about school deadlines, schedules that your teachers or parents may have forced you to stick to. In rebellion you put things off and procrastinate as an act of staying true to your beliefs.

Although the reasons for procrastination are varied, the whole point is to pinpoint these reasons and understand that human behavior always has reasoning behind it. This will bring you closer to dealing with your problems with procrastination.