Procrastination: Relax, it’s in your genes

  Procrastinators need reminding and nagging. OmniFocus is the ideal way to jog your conscience and force you to get on with things. It is especially useful if you split larger projects into small bite-sized tasks that you can tackle one by one when you get a moment. But even OmniFocus is no cure since we are doomed to procrastinate by our genes.
Procrastinators need reminding and nagging. OmniFocus is the ideal way to jog your conscience and force you to get on with things. It is especially useful if you split larger projects into small bite-sized tasks that you can tackle one by one when you get a moment. But even OmniFocus is no cure since we are doomed to procrastinate by our genes.

I readily admit to procrastination. We all do it to an extent; I suspect I am more prone to it than most. To get things done I need constant prodding. And that’s where project management systems such as the wonderful OmniFocus come into their own. I absolutely rely on it to nag me every day. Even so, I procrastinate constantly by moving tasks from day to day without end. 

Over the years I have read every bit of advice on overcoming the disease. It’s like gobbling up diet plans. Every new idea promises to solve a live-long affliction. But now I no longer need worry about a cure. It’s in my genes, as this article in the Daily Mail confirms.

Now I’ve written and published this insight I can tick it off the list in OmniFocus: Procrastination overcome for the next ten minutes.

Â