Graphics Designed by slidesgo / Freepik COPYRIGHT © 2020. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. | THEMETALEARNERS.COM Identify your own level of procrastination and figure out which strategies will work for you. IDENTIFY YOUR PROCRASTINATION TYPE COURSE WORKSHEET | DOMINATE YOUR PROCRASTINATION 2 / 6 COPYRIGHT © 2020. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. | THEMETALEARNERS.COM IDENTIFY YOUR PROCRASTINATION TYPE DOMINATE YOUR PROCRASTINATION You might be thinking that all procrastination - and all procrastinators - are the same. The truth is, though, that there are various levels of procrastinators For instance, there are procrastinators that leave everything to the last minute, but then pull a SuperHuman and get everything done on time - even if it’s not their best quality work. But there are also procrastinators that don’t manage to get things done - even at the last minute. These are the people that literally watch their lives pass by like a movie in front of them, feeling unable to do anything about it. By identifying your own level of procrastination, you will be better equipped to figure out which strategies will work for you As we proceed along this journey, I want you to know that your focus should always be to go from where you are to the next best level It’s unrealistic to expect that you will go from crippling procrastination to extreme productivity in one go - but you can and will be able to improve one step at a time Note that knowing your Procrastination Type will help you know what is realistic and effective when it comes to dominating your procrastination right now... But it is by no means restrictive! Given enough time and effort, you can completely change your relationship with procrastination - this is only the beginning! So, use the following worksheet to discover your Procrastination Type , and develop an even better understanding of your behavior and your procrastination. 3 / 6 COPYRIGHT © 2020. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. | THEMETALEARNERS.COM IDENTIFY YOUR PROCRASTINATION TYPE DOMINATE YOUR PROCRASTINATION When talking about your procrastination: a. You often talk about how you hate your tendency to procrastinate, or you never talk about it out of embarrassment. b. It’s one of your primary pain points that you often talk about. At the same time, you often talk about “how busy you are”, and that you “don’t have enough time”. c. It’s one of your main problems with yourself, that you bring up often. You often say things like “If only I hadn’t procrastinated on ____” or “If I didn’t procrastinate, I would have achieved ____”. In your typical workday: a. You either stay at home, watching Netflix or playing video games, or you spend a lot of time outside with friends. b. The majority of your time is devoted to answering emails, making phone calls, organizing, and other secondary things. You still procrastinate a lot, by watching YouTube videos for example. c. You find yourself working on something important and productive on a regular basis. Usu - ally, you procrastinate on your primary tasks with secondary ones, like answering emails. Sometimes, though, you go down the YouTube/Netflix/video game rabbit hole. Whenever you are faced with a deadline, you: a. Do nothing, and you just let the due date fly by. b. Actually sit down and do the work at the last minute, successfully most of the time, but nothing has really moved forward in your life regardless. c. Sit down and pull a SuperHuman all-nighter, obviously! This is how you’ve come this far anyway. In your life, you’ve been feeling that procrastination: a. Has crippled you, and that you haven’t been able to achieve anything substantial because of it. b. Has been a major struggle that has held you back consistently - but, you’ve managed to get some work done a few times. c. Has stopped you from moving forward with your goals and dreams. You’ve done some things, but you can only imagine what you would have achieved without procrastination. QUIZ 4 / 6 COPYRIGHT © 2020. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. | THEMETALEARNERS.COM IDENTIFY YOUR PROCRASTINATION TYPE DOMINATE YOUR PROCRASTINATION When it comes to tasks that are important but not urgent (Q2): a. You never even touch them, ever. b. You never ever touch them. c. Q2 tasks? Lol... Your procrastination makes you feel: a. Depressed, disappointed, and sometimes even ashamed. Honestly, you feel like you have completely lost control over your life, and you are just watching it pass by. b. It makes you feel like a failure - despite the fact that you are trying to overcome procrasti- nation, you consistently feel like you fail at it. You have the same feeling for everything you try to achieve. c. Guilty, and certainly uncomfortable. You constantly feel like you would be much further ahead if you didn’t procrastinate, and that drives you crazy. You feel like you’re not realizing your full potential. Currently, in your life: a. There are no external commitments or deadlines. You either aren’t committed to anything, or everything that you do is self-managed, e.g. writing your first novel. b. You have some form of external commitment and deadlines, but most of the work/tasks that you do either have too long deadlines, or are not primary tasks. (e.g. internships often belong here) c. You have some form of external commitment, and you often have deadlines looming over you. If you don’t meet those deadlines, you will have to face real, immediate consequences. 5 / 6 COPYRIGHT © 2020. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. | THEMETALEARNERS.COM IDENTIFY YOUR PROCRASTINATION TYPE DOMINATE YOUR PROCRASTINATION The Disastinator: ○ Spends all of their time in Q4. ○ Feels that procrastination has crippled them completely. ○ Doesn’t do anything productive. Their day is filled with Netflix, video games, or going out with friends. ○ Is quite embarrassed, and sometimes ashamed, with the levels of their procrastination. The first thing that the Disastinator needs to do is change their situation as radically as possible to introduce commitments , deadlines , and accountability If the majority of your results were a. , then you are a Disastinator If the majority of your results were b. , then you are an Impostinator If the majority of your results were c. , then you are a Successtinator RESULTS 6 / 6 COPYRIGHT © 2020. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. | THEMETALEARNERS.COM IDENTIFY YOUR PROCRASTINATION TYPE DOMINATE YOUR PROCRASTINATION Disclaimer: For the procrastination types, I’ve borrowed the classification system that Tim Urban has written about in his blog, Wait But Why , in his article called “ The Procrastination Matrix ”. The Successtinator: ○ Spends a lot of time in Q3 & Q4, and some time in Q1. ○ Doesn’t maintain a good balance between their work and the other areas of their life. ○ Has some form of external commitment and deadlines in their life. ○ Constantly feels like they are not realizing their full potential. The successtinator needs to work on understanding their own procrastination, and utilizing the concepts and techniques in this course to actually work on Q2 tasks as well. The Impostinator: ○ Spends all of their time in Q3 and Q4. ○ Seems productive, but rarely is - instead, the impostinator is busy. ○ Often feels like a failure, especially when it comes to battling procrastination. To successfully transition out of being an Impostinator, the most important step is to become aware of the true nature of your busyness . Then, the next step is to actually introduce more importance in your life , through deeper commitments.