Procrastination, A Simple Guide To The Condition, Diagnosis, Treatment And Related Conditions

By Kenneth Kee

This book describes Procrastination, Diagnosis and Treatment and Related DiseasesProcrastination is not an easy subject to write about because the tendency to procrastinate writing about procrastination is very high in my own case.

It is not an easy topic to write about since writers tend to procrastinate unless they have a rigid formula to use.
I will be writing about procrastination in the best way I know how:
1. Definition and description
2, Causes
3. Symptoms
4. Treatment
5. Conclusion or Prognosis
Believe it or not, this is one book that I do not wish to procrastinate because of its title.
Some how or other what normally takes me a few days turn into weeks.
Finally I have finished the final draft.

Procrastination is the action of delaying or postponing a task or collection of tasks.
People have been struggling with delaying, avoiding, and procrastinating on things that matter to them, even for centuries.
Procrastination is so timeless that ancient Greek philosophers like Socrates and Aristotle had a word to portray this form of behavior: Akrasia.
Akrasia is considered as the lack of self-control or the state of working against a person’s better judgment.
It occurs when a person does one thing even though that person knows he or she should do something more important.

1. Procrastination is a psychological disorder that all people come in contact at one period or another.
Occasionally when people temporarily decide not to procrastinate, they feel satisfied and productive.
They should attempt to make those rare occasions of productivity more common.
Procrastination is so easy to do:
1. Laze around doing nothing
2. Watching television or better still,
3. Watching life pass by minute by minute
4. Read a book or use the computer or smartphone for trivial social information
The things people procrastinate tend to be boring, hard, time-consuming, or maybe they lack meaning to them.

Cause:
1. A Fear of Failure
2: Perfectionism
3. Excessive Perfectionism
4. Low Energy Levels
5. A Lack of Focus
6: Fear of the Unknown
7: The Person Will Do It Later
8: Working on Small Tasks Because They are Easier
9: The Person Experiences a Lack of Motivation
10: The Person Is Unclear About How to Get Started
11: The Person Often Gets Distracted
12: The Person Know the Task Will Require Effort and Hard Work

Symptoms:
Procrastination is a long word for this fast idea: doing later
1. Lack of Vision
2. Lack of Time
3. Lack of Organization
4. Tiredness
5. Fear
6. Easily distracted
7. Feeling Overwhelmed

Diagnosis:
1. The person gets up late
2. Every time is the bed time
3. The person is getting addictive
4. When it is too hard, the person gives up
5. The person no longer trusts himself
6. The person envies hard workers
7. The life is in a predictable loop
8. The Last time the person hits the gym was 2 decades ago
9. The friends always complain
10. The person is always in a hurry
11. The person has a messy room/workplace
12. The person is easily stressed
13. The person thinks “meditation” is a new shampoo
14. Planning is something the person can only find in Hunger Games
15. The person is waking up when it comes to deadlines
and 22 more diagnostic features

Treatment:
De-clutter the desk
De-clutter digitally
No internet or notifications
1 program only
Use simple tools like pen and paper or Notepad
Single tasking
Start small
Break large task to tiny ones
Give a reward
Do the next task
Take baby steps
Make rewards of not procrastinating instant
Make the Task More Achievable
Being Consistent
Visual cues
Start with the hardest task
Pace the mind
Keep a To-Do List
Set goals
Time travel to finish line - This is the

• Language: English
• Publisher: Kenneth Kee
• Release date: Aug 14, 2018
• ISBN: 9780463531914

Kenneth Kee

Medical doctor since 1972.Started Kee Clinic in 1974 at 15 Holland Dr #03-102, relocated to 36 Holland Dr #01-10 in 2009.Did my M.Sc (Health Management ) in 1991 and Ph.D (Healthcare Administration) in 1993.Dr Kenneth Kee is still working as a family doctor at the age of 74However he has reduced his consultation hours to 3 hours in the morning and 2 hours inthe afternoon.He first started writing free blogs on medical disorders seen in the clinic in 2007 on http://kennethkee.blogspot.com.His purpose in writing these simple guides was for the health education of his patients which is also his dissertation for his Ph.D (Healthcare Administration). He then wrote an autobiography account of his journey as a medical student to family doctor on his other blog http://afamilydoctorstale.blogspot.comThis autobiography account “A Family Doctor’s Tale” was combined with his early “A Simple Guide to Medical Disorders” into a new Wordpress Blog “A Family Doctor’s Tale” on http://ken-med.com.From which many free articles from the blog was taken and put together into 1000 eBooks.He apologized for typos and spelling mistakes in his earlier books.He will endeavor to improve the writing in futures.Some people have complained that the simple guides are too simple.For their information they are made simple in order to educate the patients.The later books go into more details of medical disorders.He has published 1000 eBooks on various subjects on health, 1 autobiography of his medical journey, another on the autobiography of a Cancer survivor, 2 children stories and one how to study for his nephew and grand-daughter.The purpose of these simple guides is to educate patient on health disorders and not meant as textbooks.He does not do any night duty since 2000 ever since Dr Tan had his second stroke.His clinic is now relocated to the Buona Vista Community Centre.The 2 units of his original clinic are being demolished to make way for a new Shopping Mall.He is now doing some blogging and internet surfing (bulletin boards since the 1980's) startingwith the Apple computer and going to PC.The entire PC is upgraded by himself from XT to the present Pentium duo core.The present Intel i7 CPU is out of reach at the moment because the CPU is still expensive.He is also into DIY changing his own toilet cistern and other electric appliance.His hunger for knowledge has not abated and he is a lifelong learner.The children have all grown up and there are 2 grandchildren who are even more technically advanced than the grandfather where mobile phones are concerned.This book is taken from some of the many articles in his blog (now with 740 posts) A Family Doctor’s Tale.Dr Kee is the author of:"A Family Doctor's Tale""Life Lessons Learned From The Study And Practice Of Medicine""Case Notes From A Family Doctor"

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Procrastination,

A

Simple

Guide

To

The Condition,

Diagnosis,

Treatment

And

Related Conditions

By

Dr Kenneth Kee

M.B.,B.S. (Singapore)

Ph.D (Healthcare Administration)

Copyright Kenneth Kee 2018 Smashwords Edition

Published by Kenneth Kee at Smashwords.com

Dedication

This book is dedicated

To my wife Dorothy

And my children

Carolyn, Grace

And Kelvin

This book describes Procrastination, Diagnosis and Treatment and Related Diseases which is seen in some of my patients in my Family Clinic.

(What The patient Need to Treat Procrastination)

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Introduction

I have been writing medical articles for my blog: http://kennethkee.blogspot.com (A Simple Guide to Medical Disorder) for the benefit of my patients since 2007.

My purpose in writing these simple guides was for the health education of my patients.

Health Education was also my dissertation for my Ph.D (Healthcare Administration).

I then wrote an autobiolographical account of his journey as a medical student to family doctor on his other blog: http://afamilydoctorstale.blogspot.com.

This autobiolographical account A Family Doctor’s Tale was combined with my early A Simple Guide to Medical Disorders into a new Wordpress Blog A Family Doctor’s Tale on http://kenkee481.wordpress.com.

From which many free articles from the blog was taken and put together into 800 eBooks.

Some people have complained that the simple guides are too simple.

For their information they are made simple in order to educate the patients.

The later books go into more details of medical disorders.

The first chapter is always from my earlier blogs which unfortunately tends to have typos and spelling mistakes.

Since 2013, I have tried to improve my spelling and writing.

As I tried to bring the patient the latest information about a disorder or illness by reading the latest journals both online and offline, I find that I am learning more and improving on my own medical knowledge in diagnosis and treatment for my patients.

Just by writing all these simple guides I find that I have learned a lot from your reviews (good or bad), criticism and advice.

I am sorry for the repetitions in these simple guides as the second chapters onwards have new information as compared to my first chapter taken from my blog.

I also find repetition definitely help me and maybe some readers to remember the facts in the books more easily.

I apologize if these repetitions are irritating to some readers.

Chapter 1

Procrastination

Procrastination is not an easy subject to write about because the tendency to procrastinate writing about procrastination is very high in my own case.

It is not an easy topic to write about since writers tend to procrastinate unless they have a rigid formula to use.

I will be writing about procrastination in the best way I know how:

1. Definition and description

2, Causes

3. Symptoms

4. Treatment

5. Conclusion or Prognosis

What is Procrastination?

Procrastination is the action of delaying or postponing a task or collection of tasks.

People have been struggling with delaying, avoiding, and procrastinating on things that matter to them, even for centuries.

Procrastination is so timeless that ancient Greek philosophers like Socrates and Aristotle had a word to portray this form of behavior: Akrasia.

Akrasia is considered as the lack of self-control or the state of working against a person’s better judgment.

It occurs when a person does one thing even though that person knows he or she should do something more important.

1. Procrastination is a psychological disorder that all people come in contact at one period or another.

Occasionally when people temporarily decide not to procrastinate, they feel satisfied and productive.

They should attempt to make those rare occasions of productivity more common.

Procrastination is so easy to do:

a. Laze around doing nothing

b. Watching television or better still,

c. Watching life pass by minute by minute

d. Read a book or use the computer or smartphone for trivial social information

The things people procrastinate tend to be boring, hard, time-consuming, or maybe they lack meaning to them.

Or they worry that the results will not be perfect.

When the person avoids doing what appears less pleasant, the person get a little mood boost.

But this mood boost does not last.

The avoided thing still hangs over the person, causing guilt and stress.

The real reasons that people procrastinate lie deep within human behavior.

They tend to view things in the future as less real or concrete.

The future rewards of getting it done appear less real, too.

The risks of not doing something do not affect the present.

2. Procrastination is a habit.

People are used to do what is easy in this case, delaying doing things they do not find pleasant.

And habits are hard to break.

Instead of doing the work, the person is playing with other things like checking email, social media, watching videos, surfing blogs and forums.

The person knows he or she should be working, but the person does not feel like doing anything.

People are all familiar with the procrastination phenomenon.

When a person procrastinates, he or she squanders away the free time and puts off important tasks he or she should be doing them till it is too late.

And when it is indeed too late, the person panics and wishes he or she got started earlier.

3. The chronic procrastinators have spent years of their life looped in this cycle.

The loops of delaying, slacking, putting off things, hiding from work, facing work only when it is not avoidable, then repeating this loop all over again.

It is a bad habit that eats a person away and prevents from achieving greater results in life.

Reasons given by the chronic procrastinator are:

1. The life is too hard to make the effort to cure the procrastination

If that is the case, it is too early to work on procrastination.

The person should take baby steps to improve the life's blockers: work, relationship, emotional health, or physical health.

Of course, the life does not have to be in perfect shape before treating the procrastination.

It just need be good enough to feel the procrastination is worth controlling.

2. The person is likely to lose all track of time.

Maybe the person should keep a timer in the pocket such as the clock