Some ways to finish what you start include setting realistic goals, performing an introspective analysis, creating an action plan, maintaining motivation and discipline, asking for help or seeking additional resources if necessary. Nowadays, finishing what you start is not always an easy task for many people. With the exception of the essential tasks of parenting, home and work, there are a series of “secondary” tasks that, on many occasions, remain to be finished once they have started.
If you want to know how to finish what you start In the following PsychologyFor article you will find some keys to achieve this.
The explanation of this fact is reduced to two fundamental causes. Firstly, today’s society involves us in a frenetic pace of life in which we barely have time to dedicate strength and desire to carry out certain tasks that, although they may be more secondary, are important in our lives.
On the other hand, we can also find the answer to this question within the human being. In this sense, depending on childhood experiences, there are certain unconscious mechanisms that hinder the performance of this type of secondary tasks
For example, after going through depression you may have become aware that exercising regularly will give you greater physical, psychological and spiritual strength. However, shortly after starting a certain exercise you stop practicing it because it is too complicated for you. In this case, the person’s ego lives comfortably in the depressive state and seeks to make it chronic, intervening as an opposing force that greatly hinders the intention to continue practicing sports.
Perform an introspective analysis
First of all, before we start finishing what I started, It is important that we introspectively investigate what the reason is which makes it difficult, on this occasion or in general, to finish this task that has been started. This event, also known as procrastination, can be due to very varied causes and will depend on each specific case and person.
For example, we may not be able to finish the task due to lack of real physical time. However, it is very true that “wanting is power” and the motivation to do something can be much stronger than any obstacle that appears along the way, even lack of time.
On the other hand, certain peculiarities of our personality can also work against the completion of a certain task. In these cases, the introspection process and the awareness of everything that hinders us Completing tasks will greatly help us prevent and avoid them properly. Here we explain how to do an introspection exercise.
Find means to prevent and overcome obstacles
Once everything that makes it difficult for us to execute the task has been located We will try to provide ourselves with the necessary means that help us prevent these obstacles and, on the other hand, help us overcome them if they arise.
For example, laziness can make it difficult to finish something started. Knowing this, we can do everything possible to prevent it from manifesting itself and, if it does, we will invest extra effort to nullify the negative effect of laziness. In the following article you will find information on How to overcome laziness.
Prioritize engagement
To finish what we have started, it will be essential to prioritize commitment over anything else. Commit internally to finishing the task It will provide us with an active attitude that will drive us to its execution.
Commitment strengthens us and makes us mature by taking responsibility for our actions. The inner satisfaction we feel when finishing what we have started is the result of seriously committing ourselves to the decisions we have made.
Resume the importance of effort
Effort is a vital value that in today’s society has lost part of its importance. However, returning to its true meaning and the determination it has on the good or bad events of a large part of our lives will help us a lot to finish the scheduled task.
In fact, Effort is an intrinsic part of life and it is essential to carry out even the most insignificant act of our daily life. Eating, walking, studying, working… all these actions require efforts on our part to carry them out successfully. If you need help with this, in the following article we will tell you how to achieve your personal goals.
Plan a task path
Once what is important is established (the obstacles, the means to combat them, the commitment and the effort) we will proceed to plan a task route in order to specify the concrete way to approach carrying out the task to the end.
In other words, complete the tasks It helps a lot to advance step by step in their execution.
Meet the proposed objectives
As a final challenge, meeting the proposed objectives following previously scheduled planning will become the last step in this process of completing the tasks started.
In addition to having the necessary strategies to address social or personal obstacles that may arise along the way, in order not to give up halfway along the path we must foresee possible stops, setbacks and rescheduling in the path. Preventing this common obstacle will allow us to adopt an active and constructive attitude in achieving the task and will strongly prevent us from abandoning the execution halfway.
This article is merely informative, at PsychologyFor we do not have the power to make a diagnosis or recommend a treatment. We invite you to go to a psychologist to treat your particular case.
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