Tips to Motivate Yourself for Boring Tasks, Untimed Tasks and Ones you don't Like

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It might have happened to you sometimes - or even frequently - that when you don't have a deadline for some task, you postpone it, set it aside or you prioritize other work, rather than completing this task you currently have. This is because your mind knows that there is no deadline and the work can be done later. Hence there is little motivation to complete this work fast. You might deprioritize a project which doesn't have a deadline because it might be boring, lengthy or you are feeling uncomfortable handling it. But most of the time you are unable to do it because you have projects with strict deadlines at your hands and the project with no deadline remains stagnant as it was. How can you motivate yourself to complete that work even if there is no specific deadline for that work? Below some tips that will help you complete such tasks without specified deadlines. Set a Personal Deadline: Even if there is no official deadline, you can always create one for yourself. You can (...) Read more? Sign up for free

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