In order for us to find out the solution for avoiding the habit of procrastinating, we first need to know the actual causes of procrastination.

I was one of the many people who wanted to stop procrastinating, yet couldn’t seem to find a way to stop it at the same time.

If you are just like me, I surely feel for you.

Before, I was always keeping myself distracted from the things I should be doing. I always thought that they weren’t that important, and I might fail on it anyway. Yeah, you can say it; I was procrastinating big time! I made everyone get disappointed on me, and honestly I really felt bad about it… but I really couldn’t find ways to stop procrastination.

It was like that until I talked to my college counselor about it. She told me that one of the most common causes of procrastination is perfectionism.

I actually didn’t believe her at first because I was really in no way trying to be perfect. Then, she explained to me that when the task is there, I actually had a plan to do it, but I just spend my time trying to imagine it getting perfectly finished.

I was actually amazed by what she said, and realized it was true.

She told me that I needed to find a way to stop perfectionism. Another thing that is causing my “do-it-later” habit is because of laziness. I know this because I am really lazy at doing tasks; my bad.

My counselor told me that if I really want to succeed in life, I need to find a way on how to overcome laziness. She gave me pointers on how to avoid it, and that a better time management can really help.

From then on, I found ways on how to avoid laziness, and I slowly refrained from any kinds of procrastinations.

I now graduated from college and started a career. I am really thankful for my college counselor for discussing me about the causes of procrastination, and giving me helpful tips on overcoming them.