Are you wondering if procrastination is a good or bad thing in your daily routine?

Are you looking for a fresh perspective when it comes to getting things done?

The honest truth is that we all procrastinate from time to time.

While we might think procrastination is a bad thing, there’s two sides to every story.

In this post, you’ll find eight reasons why procrastination isn’t necessarily something you should fret over or feel guilty about.

You can better clarify what’s bothering you.

You might be dead-set on not running that errand across town and not even know why you are so against the task.

When you do procrastinate, you have a moment to reflect and think what the problem might be.

Your procrastination could stem from driving in the crowded mid-day traffic or being reminded the car needs to be serviced.

Either way, you now know what steps you need to take to neutralize the problem.

You give your mind a new way to solve a problem.

Putting something off for later lets your mind solve a problem in a different, more removed way.

While the issue at hand is being consciously ignored, your subconscious might be hard at work, cranking out the perfect solution to your problem.

You get other things done.

Do you have to read 15 chapters for one class in school and other 10 chapters for another?

Ugh, it must be time to do some housework!

Procrastination can quickly turn your attention to those other things in life that still need to get done.

Attack that giant mound of laundry or vacuum up those dust bunnies lurking underneath the couch and coffee table.

You’ll still get something done.

You can collect more information.

Have you worked on a project only to find out you can’t get started on said project without more information?

Procrastinating can sometimes give you more time to collect the information you need to start on a new phase of a project.

You let things Gently and Naturally unfold.

Sometimes it’s just better to pass the time and wait for things to happen and reveal themselves fully.

Let’s say you are thinking about whether or not to call to check up on a recent job application.

You decide to not call and find out a few days later via email that you’ve got the job.

You later learn your soon-to-be supervisor absolutely despises job applicants calling about the status of their applications.

Well, this is a rather detailed and retrospective fictional case, but I think you get my drift…you’ll sometimes lose nothing by waiting.

You give yourself more time.

Huh? How can you possibly give yourself more time when you procrastinate? It’s all about perspective.

It can be as simple as giving yourself more time to think over a problem, solve a puzzle or just become more comfortable with an idea before taking the action you need to take.

You feed the fires of urgency.

Not everyone works well under pressure, but for those who do, procrastination can be a veritable boon of energy and determination.

There’s nothing like a sense of urgency or immediacy to complete a project or task when a deadline is a mere one hour away.

You need a break.

In some ways, procrastination can be seen as a last resort by your body and mind to make you take a break.

Perhaps you don’t feel like working on something because you really are overly tired, exhausted or bored out of your mind.

The world won’t end because you take a short break, so why not do so?

How about you? Have you recently procrastinated on a task and found it was the best possible course of action you could have taken? Join the conversation and leave a comment below!