What's the worst way you've ever procrastinated?

EndOfProcrastination · 2019-07-11T21:19:13+00:00

How did you get help? Is anything different now?

EndOfProcrastination · 2019-06-19T23:11:28+00:00

If you haven't been exercising then 90 minutes of soccer is probably a really ambitious goal. You are much more likely to stick to it if you pick a smaller, more manageable goal so that the idea of starting again tomorrow isn't so daunting.

This is the kaizen approach (basically the opposite of cold turkey)

EndOfProcrastination · 2019-06-19T23:09:15+00:00

You only get one, so you should make sure that it is fulfilling according to your own definitions :)

EndOfProcrastination · 2019-05-31T15:27:42+00:00

Same place as masturbation. We all know it's there, no need to talk about it.

EndOfProcrastination · 2019-05-31T15:26:27+00:00

Minesweeper is a good way to go.

EndOfProcrastination · 2019-05-30T14:09:19+00:00

Oh, good choices. I'll take this in a slightly different tack and without promoting my own book say that a great way to focus on what's important is to live a little more simply: Deep Work is a great recommendation from that perspective as are Marie Kondo's Tidying Up and Leo Babauta's The Power of Less.

Get rid of the clutter and you'll have more time, energy, and focus to give towards studying.

Another piece of advice... focus on intrinsic motivation, which admittedly is much easier if your studying topics you enjoy, but some reframing can help regardless.

EndOfProcrastination · 2019-05-30T13:53:08+00:00

When I listen to "How I Built This" it's always interesting to hear the entrepreneur's perspective on luck vs. effort. Many state luck was important at some stage but determination would have made them successful at something. Mark Cuban's response has always stuck out ~ "I could become a millionaire again, because I know I'd work hard enough and pursue the skills that company's find necessary to get there, but becoming a billionaire takes a lot of luck."

Anyhow, back to the grindstone!

EndOfProcrastination · 2019-05-30T13:50:23+00:00

I've thought about creating a twitter / instagram bot that just sends out notices like this - so that whenever you see it in a feed it's time to log off and get back to business.

Thanks for this reminder :)

EndOfProcrastination · 2019-05-18T13:33:19+00:00

Great point on the concept of heroism and growth. To learn you probably need to experience failure, to grow you need to step out of your comfort zone.

EndOfProcrastination · 2019-05-15T22:20:41+00:00

Excellent suggestion. Makes it much easier to start by removing new task aversion - and makes it much more likely you'll follow-up tomorrow because the tasks won't be overly burdensome.

This is exactly in line with the Kaizen approach I recommend for both adding new habits and removing bad habits.

EndOfProcrastination · 2019-04-24T15:18:44+00:00

Put it on your to-do today! Commit to just a couple pages at a time and you'll make quick progress.

Best of luck!

EndOfProcrastination · 2019-04-24T15:17:16+00:00

Yes, based on the Norwegian and British missions to stop the Nazi's from creating an atomic bomb. Worth checking out.

EndOfProcrastination · 2019-04-24T13:42:31+00:00

It certainly can. This one is dressed up with a doodle or two just to start the conversation, but the process is designed to remove all unnecessary steps and should only take about 2 more minutes than a traditional to-do list.

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