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I need someone to kick my ass and motivate me (hexbear.net)

submitted 5 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I have so much work to DOOOOOO aaaaaagh stop procrastinating

Aaaagh how do I get motivated?

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 5 months ago (2 children)

I need to do all of it by the end of the week. It involves a learning a lot of shitty math and my brain is too tired sleepi I'm going to try to at least knock a little bit of it out tonight

[–] [email protected] 5 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I'm already too late to this but I'd skim the maths stuff to just get your brain to start processing it and acclimating to doing it but with a clear commitment to not expect anything from myself, just to give it a quick looking over.

You'll probably understand more than you realise at the time you're reading it, you'll likely be thinking about it between that point and the next time you pick up the work, and hopefully it won't feel as overwhelming because you have started to confront it and it's not as bad as you first thought (this is less effective for people who are a bit prone to catastrophising so ymmv).

[–] [email protected] 5 points 5 months ago

That sounds like a good idea. Thanks for the advice! wholesome

[–] [email protected] 4 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

I was in a similar situation a long time ago and ended up having a breakdown. My main advice is to focus on whatever is absolutely necessary and don't go in without an exit strategy; you surely don't absolutely need to do all of it, weigh the benefits against how stressful it is.

I wish I had a tip for how to actually go through with doing it and doing it more effectively, but that mostly lies on being in the right headspace to learn new concepts which is hard to do when under pressure.

Edit: oh yeah and also sleep well