Did you know though, that there are some benefits to procrastination? Bill Gates once said this relating to lazy people: “I choose a lazy person to do a hard job, because a lazy person will find an easy way to do it.” It is proven that procrastination can boost creativity. While the task you need to do is put on the back burner, your subconscious mind is still thinking about it. Let’s be honest, how often do we really forget about an important task, just because we chose to ignore it? As the deadline ticks closer and closer, we start to lean into a creative or innovative way of doing the work. We need to find a solution to solve our problem fast, because if we don’t, then this ‘task’ we have delayed for so long will become an even bigger issue than it started off as. Unfortunately, though, it doesn’t always end up being with a positive outcome.
The same can be said of job hunting – you know you need to apply for plenty of jobs, search for the right ones, do your research on the companies etc etc. It all seems so daunting, so you put it off. But now a few weeks have passed and you’re still unemployed or you’re still stuck in the same job you’re trying to get away from. What do you do now? You randomly apply to 100 different jobs that have the title (or similar) you want without properly reading the job ads or researching the company. Most likely only a small handful of those jobs are what you’ll be interested in but because you didn’t focus, you’ve sent a generic resume in and don’t receive a phone call from the dream job and only receive ones from the companies you actually have no interest in working at.