Apart From Time Management, This Is The Cause Someone Likes To Postpone Work

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JAKARTA - Delaying work has become a habit for many people. Delaying tasks or jobs until the last minute or deadline is often considered normal, when actually it can be a stress trigger.

The habit of delaying work is not just a matter of messy time management. Researchers reveal that this habit occurs because of a person's failure to organize himself.

One of the main factors a person delays work is the assumption that they have to wait for a good mood or mood to do it. In fact, continuing to wait for the right time does not make the time needed come.

There are other common causes a person has a habit of delaying work, quoted from Very Well Mind, on Tuesday, February 4, 2025. Starting from not knowing what to do, not caring about the job, self-confidence works better if near the deadline, does not have the initiative to start, to delay doing other things.

Some mental conditions can also trigger a person to delay work. One of them is depression, which makes you helpless and lack of energy. Depression can also trigger doubts about yourself being able to do a good job or not.

In addition to depression, obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) also contributes to the habit of delaying work. A person's perfectionist nature with OCD is a trigger for fear of making mistakes, so it often delays work.

However, this habit can still be changed. Several ways that can be done to change the habit of delaying work include creating daily to-do-lists, forcing yourself to do it, and avoiding disturbances such as spending time playing social media.