Each of these skills must be learned and practiced first before you can use them.
This is so important! Those who are serious about decreasing their procrastination—and who have enough motivation to bootstrap the process—should only work on a few skills at a time. As Luke mentions, mental contrasting was quick and easy, but goal setting is still a challenge. Trying to do everything at once will likely fail.
Personally, I’ve been focusing on clear goal-setting, making those goals visible, and cutting out distractions while working. Now, the moment I notice my procrastination, I can do these automatically. Next is probably recognizing my own successes and doing some mental contrasting.
This is so important! Those who are serious about decreasing their procrastination—and who have enough motivation to bootstrap the process—should only work on a few skills at a time. As Luke mentions, mental contrasting was quick and easy, but goal setting is still a challenge. Trying to do everything at once will likely fail.
Personally, I’ve been focusing on clear goal-setting, making those goals visible, and cutting out distractions while working. Now, the moment I notice my procrastination, I can do these automatically. Next is probably recognizing my own successes and doing some mental contrasting.