Think Scale

  We often hear that procrastinating is synonymous with being lazy. But what if we can manipulate our procrastination to actually help us work better? Dr. John Perry, philosophy professor at Stanford University and self-proclaimed procrastinator, observed that we still do many things when we procrastinate. Procrastination is just our way of not doing something more important that we actually need to do. It means we’re still productive even when we procrastinate. From the realization, he proposed a unique idea called “structured procrastination”, which is basically the way we distract our mind to procrastinate on one thing by working on another. So, how to practically execute structured procrastination? First, we identify the things we need to do and make sure all of them are doable. Next, put them into two groups: Group 1 for things that actually have a clear deadline and really important, and Group 2 for those which are daunting, vaguely SEEM to have a clear deadline and important...