How To Approach Tasks You Really Hate Doing & Win

The world is full of things we don’t like.

There are people with low energy levels who find it hard to get started. Those types of people can be helped by getting them something they really want.

The fact is that we all procrastinate during boring things, those things that we don’t enjoy doing. However, the difference is that, we are able to face the problem and get it done.

How to Approach Tasks You Hate Doing

You might have to change your lifestyle in order to succeed in this field.

Here are some tips for finding motivation.

1. Create a To-do List & Tackle Your Hardest Tasks First

To-do lists help you to keep a clear head so you can do what needs to get done.

The more you work with something, the more familiar you become with it, the less likely you are to have problems remembering something to do later.

Most of the time you’ll notice your least favorite tasks at the bottom of your to-do list and the trick is simply to move these to the top.

When you have had the harder part done – you’ll be in a good mood and will perform better.

This means, after completing your hardest tasks, everything else will look easy in comparison. So your to-do list will be a downhill climb.

2. Give Your Tasks More Depth

Tasks that are too narrow are annoying because they’ll never change.

A good solution to this problem is to give the process more depth. This is how you’ll make it more interesting and make it more focused on the task, consequently completing it faster than ever before!

You should aim to express yourself and express your beliefs to the world in your own unique way, and make sure you are doing it in a way that makes sense to yourself.

You have an in-progress task that is due for a couple of hours. In the course of the day, you go to many meetings and are constantly faced with interruptions. To make it more enjoyable, you decide to do the task at night time. You begin working on it right away and as the day passes by, you feel that you are making some progress on the task. At the end of the day, you see that you did a lot more than you expected to.

3. Measure Time Spent on Various Tasks

A great way to spend time is to record how much time you spend on various activities throughout the day. You should use a simple chart to record the results.

As you look at this chart, be sure to keep it moving towards the right side. This will help you to overcome procrastination. If you procrastinate, you will see the results right in front of you.

If you can’t find the motivation for tackling tasks, then start making a list of all the tasks you’ll need to do. If you can’t find the motivation for getting tasks done, plan out a task schedule to help you get through the next few days and stay on track.

4. Come up With Another Goal

Making a task seem less awful isn’t always an option. But you still have to get it done. This is where you can use your objectives as effective leverage.

Instead of feeling guilty for the things you do, try to see them in the broader context. Think about how your actions relate to your overarching goal and whether they are meaningful.

I’m sorry to tell you that you are going to die.

But the positive side is that you are going to die doing what you love the most.

The final goal of your life is not to escape death.

It’s to die doing what you love the most.

We don’t need to remind ourselves of this goal. Remind ourselves of this goal to encourage ourselves and challenge ourselves.

5. Set a Timer

If you need to complete a short mindless task, set a timer to ensure that you don’t procrastinate on it longer.

A time management tool lets you create a specific window of time so you don’t get distracted by other things and then you’ll face a different set of challenges.

6. Make the Most Out of Your Time

You should use the time you spend in waiting for things to happen, on pointless tasks, on meaningless activities (and even in boring periods) to do more productive stuff.

If you’re stuck in traffic, listen to soothing music or audio books, or if you’re waiting for an appointment, read a book or meditate. Listen to an inspiring podcast, while folding your laundry.

Learn to live with this uncertainty and realize the infinite potential lying inside of each new day.

7. Focus on Your Task

If you think that getting your task done as quickly as possible is the best way to do it, you are going in the wrong direction. Getting over with a task as quickly as you can is actually a good thing.

You can make something easy when you focus on it, even if that thing is something you are not supposed to like.

Commit to the activity and put all your energy in it, make it your life’s work.

Instead of just getting into the task at hand, go and complete all your other tasks at the same time. Maybe you’ll start enjoying the work as you go, instead of dreading it.

8. Break it Into Smaller Parts

Getting stuck is the first thing you need to get over with. Then once you’re stuck, you need to have a habit of asking for help. You can never go wrong searching the Internet for help.

Productivity lies in getting started with the smaller tasks. If the first few steps of a task appear intimidating, break it down into smaller steps and commit to each one.

If you are a writer, then set yourself a goal of one paragraph a day. This gives you a little incentive to write the story but you still don’t have to.

9. Delegate Tasks You Hate to Other People

You can easily get yourself into a situation where you feel like everything you do is amazing and the people around feel obliged to help you. If you start thinking that you can’t do anything wrong, you might end up not trying at all.

If you can’t find a person to whom you can delegate your tasks, why not outsource them? Sure, it’s not a solution that will work for everything but if the tasks in question can be outsourced, and you can afford it – just go for it.

This can be very lucrative especially if you only have time for a handful of tasks on a daily basis. However, to build up your business, you need to develop a portfolio of clients. This means you’ll need to find time in your schedule to do those tasks.

Summary

There are some great productivity apps out there to help you get in the right mindset for your day. My favorites are Wunderlist (which is free-ish, but I pay for the premium service), Google Calendar (which helps me keep track of the many things I have going on at once), and Workflowy (which helps me organize my thoughts by creating a structure within my mind).