Friday is usually the strangest day of the week. All the minor loose ends pile up in the first half of the day, while the second half is dedicated to analysis and summarizing the results.
In my view, this is the very day whose middle name is "multitasking." There are plenty of practices to help combat this plague, but we need to understand the root cause of procrastination.
Procrastination arises because you have to deal with something that seems unpleasant to you.
During this time, the areas of the brain responsible for pain are activated. However, this sensation disappears as soon as you get to work.
Procrastination is essentially a habit consisting of four parts:
An effective way to fight procrastination is to focus on the process rather than the final result.
Traditionally, on Fridays, we hold a weekly wrap-up meeting where we summarize the week's results, analyze which tasks were completed, and decide which ones to carry over to the next period. By the way, this is a great opportunity to request resources, including administrative support.
At one time, Friday was the most dreadful day of the week for me, leaving a mark of exhaustion on the entire weekend. This was solely because my beloved team would dump all their unfinished business and problems on me during our wrap-up — overdue risks, unused IT applications, formal events, and superficial causes.
At some point, it became impossible to live like that. So, meeting offline as a team, we agreed to always start our week and each day by tackling the most unpleasant task first. And you know what? It worked! By Friday, we were left with only clear and easy tasks.)))