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How do you solve/deal with procrastination? (lemmy.sdf.org)

submitted 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I do get things done. But sometimes I think that I could have started some things early, avoid rush. Also a sort-of negative perfectionism that does the opposite, where I end up delaying the start while thinking about the best time to start and how to avoid possible trouble etc.

How do you categorise and adjust accordingly about such stuff?
If you are someone who got out of or reduced such behaviour(or helped someone to do that), what were the things that you/they did? How did you/they start out and progress etc.

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 weeks ago

Counterintuitively, I try to do less. If I have 5 things to do today and can't motivate myself to get started, I push all but 1 or 2 off until later. Then I know a nice, log break is waiting for me for the rest of the day if I finish those things. At that point, getting the one or two things done feels worthwhile, and it feels like there's a reward for me at the end (goofing off guilt-free).

I mean, I wasn't going to get all 5 things done today because I'm a procrastinator. But if I accept that and make the workload much lighter, can get a little done.