deprocrastination

Understand and get rid of your procrastination habit and live life according to yourself. Simple, practical, no BS tips

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3 tricks to get started

1. The 10 Minute Rule
If you don't feel like doing something, try to work on it for just 10 minutes, then see if you want to continue.

Studies have shown that we overestimate how hard or unpleasant work will be before we start.

Give it 10 min and see.

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Here's a myth:
You need to be motivated to start.

Not true.
We can start despite not feeling motivated. It takes a bit of willpower, but it's not that hard.

The key is this:

If you're not motivated, you won't do the hard thing.
But you just might do the easy thing.

Start easy

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Don’t numb yourself with online consumption.

Yes, it feels good to check social media or watch a YouTube video, but you know it’s ultimately empty.

It’s a distraction, especially when you’re alert enough to work.

If you’re tired, rest. Don’t consume information mindlessly.

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Focus on starting and you'll finish.
Focus on finishing and you won't start.

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Head full of unfinished business? Do a brain dump.

Take a piece of paper and write down everything that pops into your mind.

Ask yourself questions:
What's on my mind?
What haven't I done yet?
What's key and what's optional?

Get your thoughts on paper to better deal with them.

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Pen & paper is best for figuring out what to do next.

There are no notifications, no buttons to lure you into distraction, no messages.

Just you and your thoughts. Try it.

Set a timer for 5-10 min and you'll know what to do next.

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It's easy to get overwhelmed when looking at a long to-do list.

But you don't have to check off every task.

Some tasks matter more than others.

Quick tip:
make a new, separate to-do list for 2-4 important things that you think you can get done today.

Hide the long list.

[deprocrastination @deprocrastinate]

It's easy to get overwhelmed when looking at a long to-do list.

But you don't have to check off every task.

Some tasks matter more than others.

Quick tip:
make a new, separate to-do list for 2-4 important things that you think you can get done today.

Hide the long list.

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In the morning, focus on starting, not finishing.
At noon, focus on starting, not finishing.
In the afternoon, focus on starting, not finishing.

Start can be hard.
Make it easier.

Start without expecting miracles.
Start with something you enjoy.
Start with something small.

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If you don't know where to start, don't scroll — stroll!

Go for a 10-20 min walk.
Don't look at your phone, don't listen to podcasts.

Get your body moving and let your mind mull over where to start.
That's how you get unstuck.

[Prathyush @prathyvsh]

I haven’t yet arrived at a structured method for channelling this but lowering your baseline stimulation seems to help me instead of mindlessly scrolling Twitter or bing watching Youtube videos. Is there any good (in-depth) read along these lines? https://t.co/HMklTnk7VZ

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Feeling guilty about procrastinating?
Forgive yourself.
Guilt only adds to stress and procrastination.

Spent the 1st half of the day scrolling?
What's done is done. Reset

Take a piece of paper, make a short list for today.
Focus on what you can do next.
Start in any way you can

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Perfect streaks don't matter nearly as much as your ability to reset and get back on track.

In the real world, slip-ups happen. Accept that, reset, continue.

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Take any task you're putting off.
Do you think it's going to be hard, difficult or stressful?

Maybe it will, but maybe it won't.

Maybe it'll be less hard, less unpleasant, or less stressful? And what if it's over in 10 minutes?

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If you find yourself in Couch Potato Mode (everything seems hard, you don't want to do anything), the first thing to do is to start moving.

Get up.
Put used dishes in the sink.
Put your phone into a drawer.
Make yourself a cup of tea or coffee...

Start moving to get out funk.

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The first step is to start in any way possible.

What the first task is almost doesn't matter, it's about getting your brain into the getting things done mode.

It takes 5-10 min, but then it's easier to keep going.

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Procrastination is about escaping from negative emotions (not bad time management).

The better you feel, the less you'll procrastinate.

Do things that will put you at ease:
Play some good music.
Drink tea or coffee.
Take a short break to relax a bit.
...

Then get at it again.

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Don't be victim of "What The Hell" effect.

When you screw up your diet, you don't have to binge eat for the rest of the day.

When you don't work in the morning, you don't have to waste the rest of the day.

Diet or productivity is not 1 or 0.
It's not perfection or failure.