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Procrastination
| I mix work and play so that get that limbo feel of satisfaction and disappointment, until I run out of time. By then, the work is usually done though.
| The only way for you to get work done is to always be on the verge of bad things happening if you don't do it. I'm the same, I usually only don't procrastinate if I'm right on top of a deadline. Otherwise I tend to get bored and procrastinate.
I need professional help.
| Deadlines kinda help. But, I'll be honest, they don't always do.
| I've kinda given up on trying to force through it, so when I'm struggling I sit down and work on whatever it is for brief periods of time and give myself a lot of breaks in between. Gives the subconscious time to work through things and it's easier to commit to 15 mins at a time vs hours
| Just be careful because depression can present itself as being "lazy".
| >>94829
What is even worse is that other people often do see depression as just person being lazy, especially in some shit 3rd world-ish countries where maintaining mental well-being and mental health care suck dicks.
| >>94907 As if sucking dicks is bad? Being serious tho, the state of mental health in most places is shameful. The week I spent in a first world American mental hospital was just sad
| >>94531 My strategy is reach enlightenment -> good life follows. Acts < tactics < strategies < filosophies < metaphysics.
| usually i try to tell myself that ill work on something for just 5 minutes, and that helps me get into it
| https://waitbutwhy.com/2013/10/why-procrastinators-procrastinate.html
Knock yourselves out. It wasn't particularly useful to me but it's a great read imo
Also the whole blog is procrastination magnet itself, be wary
| >>96119
This helps me.
Also, when you think about having to do something, before going "Nah, I don't really feel like it", think about the rewards of completing that obligation and, which is even more important, think about the repercussions of failing to complete your obligation, and the regret you feel then. It helped me. Source: my therapist. Still going to therapy, but I feel the improvements, no matter how little they are I feel them. God bless.
| Ended up writing a bunch of words, I hope the lot of you are not just bots.
1) Many things that I tried, didn't drastically change my routine. Mental tricks just make my monkey brain laugh. Sometimes even deadline panic fails to bite me at all and it usually doesn't end well
So I improvised based on what I read. For several months I've been noting on paper every hour of study or chores or actions that required even a little effort to do.
| >>96442
2) Each were assigned with value depending on 'willpower points' required on a scale from 1 to 5, 1 being like surfing danger/u/, 5 being the hardest thing you made yourself do today. I've been drawing figures from circle to five-pointed star but that's minor thing. From what I've read doing this can help overcome procrastination by itself but it didn't make the problem go away. However, some of the things I despised doing became easier and some I managed to make a habit of
| >>96445
3) Sometimes I skipped the day or forgot about the list but by the end of december I had some statistics. That allowed me to find average numbers of 'willpoints' I spent daily, and now I can at least make predictions on time requirements for study purposes. I realise that humans probably don't work that way but if you are desperate like I was, you can try it.
The next goal is to flatten the oscillating curve and increase average willpoints spent per half a week.
| >>96447
Another nice thing I adopted is "30-5" rule, working half an hour and distracting yourself for 5 minutes, rinse and repeat. I changed it to "50-10" for myself but I think the point is to set up a stopwatch and change from work/study to relax exactly on time making yourself a clockwork instead of taking a break randomly when it feels like it.
| Bump for the OP I guess?
| It's just will power, whenever I can feel myself slipping I repeat a mantra depending on the situation.
| If I don't do x, I will not do you today. I pretty much threaten myself
| I also classify as an excellent procrastinator.
The main thing is that I find most activities uninteresting, thus being a chore to be carried on. Most of the time I leave the things for later and go on reading a book. I actually am a devourer of those. Maybe the many worlds I construct in my head while reading books have not only made reality seem meek and boring, but also have made my imagination reach atrocious levels, further on adding onto the dull apparence of reality.
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Since I came to visit camily for holidays, I noticed that studying is much easier. That's probably in part because of change of scenery and because I don't need to bother with cooking or laundry or shopping
Also in the absense of "holy cow the tests are tomorrow morning already" I can repair my sleeping habits. Maybe one realy shouldn't mess up their healthy sleep...
Needless to say, the productivity on the graphs also got higher.
How's your start of 2k18 going?
| eat more iron & fat, less sugar & carb, bath with cold water, & get a responsibility.
yeah while i "thought" all that im still holding my phone, on this board, procrastinating. maybe better watch more jordan peterson
| just think that its more fun and refreshing when all your stuff is done... i cant really say though, im procrastinating my school project right now
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| How do you deal with it? I've tried to discipline/motivate myself, but then i'll always find a reason to do it later. At the end of the day, i'll be depressed because i didn't get any work done.