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Looking back at my degree, I think mine was mostly not believing in what I was doing.","Why you may be procrastinating","## Procrastinating due to disbelieve\n\nI had this thought about procrastination the other day. Usually people think about being lazy, needing to do something hard, being addicted to quick dopamine wins etc. as the common cause for this behaviour. But when I look back at my hardships over the past years I think a large part of it was believe. Specifically not believing in the things I was doing. For example my computer science degree, everything was done forcefully. When I look back I noticed that I didn’t really believe in the reason why I was getting my degree. My dream life could have started way before finishing this study, but fear and anxiety kept me on track … and required time I could not invest in the things I actually wanted to do. This reasoning is most likely not the only cause, I mean the points mentioned earlier probably also had an effect, but I can’t stop thinking about this inner disbelief making it so much harder to take action.\n\n## Dealing with procrastination\n\nSo next time when you’re procrastinating something try to think for the reasoning on why you’re doing the thing and if your inner believe aligns with it. And I’m not saying abandon all senses and go YOLO mode in life, we still have obligations and financial requirements we need to adhere to. But this might put things into perspective and make your procrastination behaviour easier to understand.",2,[24,27,30],{"question":25,"answer":26},"Why do I procrastinate even when I am not lazy?","One reason this story points to: you may not believe in why you are doing the thing. When what you are working on does not match what you want deep down, every step has to be forced, and putting it off is the easy way out.",{"question":28,"answer":29},"How do I find out why I am procrastinating?","Next time you put something off, ask why you are doing it in the first place and whether you believe in that reason. If you do not, that mismatch may explain more than laziness or distraction does.",{"question":31,"answer":32},"Does this mean I should quit whatever I keep putting off?","No. Obligations and bills are still there. The point is to understand the behaviour: knowing that a lack of belief is behind it puts things in perspective and makes the procrastination easier to deal with.","https:\u002F\u002Fapi.undrstand.com\u002Fseo-pages\u002Fimages\u002FZg3ZQviVZkM3Wcx6NpMv8tlD4Qyj2hUtVc6sBlbn.webp",[35],{"id":36,"collection":10,"entry":16,"locale":37,"slug":38,"title":39,"description":40,"reading_minutes":22,"image":33,"dated_at":41,"published_at":42,"published_by":43,"updated_at":42},"a2f6f176-97ff-4b1d-955d-8a000aac7dad","nl","waarom-je-uitstelt","Waarom je uitstelt: misschien geloof je er niet in","Uitstelgedrag wordt meestal geweten aan luiheid of snelle dopamine. Terugkijkend op mijn studie kwam het bij mij vooral doordat ik er niet in geloofde.","2024-05-31","2024-05-31T12:00:00.000000Z","Tristan",{"data":45,"links":72,"meta":75},[46,55,63,64],{"id":47,"collection":10,"entry":48,"locale":17,"slug":48,"title":49,"description":50,"reading_minutes":51,"image":52,"dated_at":53,"published_at":54,"published_by":43,"updated_at":54},"a2f6f050-ca07-4254-8692-479ae883414f","small-gesture-big-impact","A Small Gesture, a Big Impact: One Question Saved My Degree","I had one attempt left at a maths test and kept avoiding it, until a friend asked me one simple question. 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A story about going all-in at work, in the gym and on myself, and why slowing down gets you there faster.","https:\u002F\u002Fapi.undrstand.com\u002Fseo-pages\u002Fimages\u002F04MwtKOfnOcGFMfcgGqbLWhdC8NF70PS2wHe6gRr.webp","2024-08-31","2024-08-31T12:00:00.000000Z",{"id":15,"collection":10,"entry":16,"locale":17,"slug":16,"title":18,"description":19,"reading_minutes":22,"image":33,"dated_at":41,"published_at":42,"published_by":43,"updated_at":42},{"id":65,"collection":10,"entry":66,"locale":17,"slug":66,"title":67,"description":68,"reading_minutes":22,"image":69,"dated_at":70,"published_at":71,"published_by":43,"updated_at":71},"a2f6f1b5-0687-46a2-abf4-f7ee1b4d07de","bad-luck-trigger","My Laptop Died Mid-Deadline: Dealing With a Bad Luck Trigger","My laptop died in the middle of a deadline and my anxiety went through the roof. 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