Less social media, do not disturb, lots to try, not much works.
I started listening to the same classical music piece while being productive. After a few weeks doing this, hearing the piece automatically puts my brain into work mode and I get less distracted.
Sounds like a fun experiment, I’ll look for a song.
The one I chose is 4 seasons by vivaldi, got the right length for me.
The one I chose is 4 seasons by vivaldi, got the right length for me.
It’s a whole year long? Omg. The only piece I can think of that is longer is Stars and Stripes Forever.
One of the side effects of practicing meditation is procrastination pretty much went away completely.
Do you remember how long it took for you to see results?
Hello friend,
Most people see results after they establish and stick with a meditation routine. If you need help, Kurzgesagt has a useful video on establishing habits and routines: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=75d_29QWELk
Here’s a simple meditation technique to start, which requires no special equipment, reading/training, etc. All you need is to sit or stand in a comfortable position that does not make you feel sleepy. The technique is counting breaths and it is the first step for many different meditation traditions.
Your goal is to count your own breaths from 1-10 in your mind without losing count. This is a repetitive exercise like gym reps, but your goal is to NOT ZONE OUT. Your target is 10: breathe in and count ‘1’ in your mind, breathe out and count ‘2’… breathe in again and count ‘3’, breathe out and count ‘4’. If you lose track of your count, you just reset to ‘1’ and start again.
At the beginning, you will lose track of your count a lot. Some people take a week or more to successfully complete the first set, much less multiple sets in a row. Our minds naturally wander. Sometimes you don’t even realize you lost count until you think, “Wait, what breath am I on?” That is okay… that is the point! If you keep practicing this technique you will begin to train your mind to focus and not wander, which is a major step to conquering procrastination. Once you develop this simple form of mental self-control you will be able to demonstrate other forms of self-control.
Let me know if you want to chat more about it!
Wow, so much information, thank you.
I don’t remember. I started mainly to help with anxiety, and looking back I’m able to see all of the other positive effects it had.
My recommendation on conquering procrastination is to take small steps. Try to get a small win each day by not procrastinating on ONE small thing. Then celebrate that win and build on it instead of focusing on the negatives and other things you blew off.
Does it matter? Seems like you have the time with all your procrastinating. Just try it for month.
Yeah it does matter. If I will be trying this I have something new to do for procrastination. So if it does not help against my other procrastination I will be off worse.
How? And do you have tips on starting it?
There are plenty different types of meditation that you can look into.
To start, try to sit for just a minute or two, lightly close your eyes, and slowly count your breaths in and out without trying to control your breathing. Each time your mind wanders, bring it back to your breath.
I start by cleaning something. It can be something small, like getting the clutter off my desk, but something where I can have very immediate seeable progress. That can usually get the productivity ball rolling.
I need to read a book for a flying exam, do you think cleaning first would still be a good option?
I have found if you focus cleaning on the area you need to use for the task at hand, when you’re don’t cleaning you’re left with a pleasant space to work without the distractions of clutter.
I take my ADHD meds and put on some breakcore
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I try to be abrupt. So I’ll be sat down for an hour, chastising myself every 5 minutes for not doing something productive, then one of those times, halfway through the thought I just kind of internally shout at myself to GET UP.
Put what I’m holding down, stand up, do one thing. If I can carry on going and do more-great. If not at least I did one thing.
It turns out, the answer for me is “wait for some over-greedy buffoons to destroy your time wasting social media sites”.
If anything, the fact that Lemmy has turned out to be so great has been a real detriment in my life. I was really hoping to get some stuff done after leaving reddit behind, and yet here I am again. :)
I learned to embrace procrastination: I think it is part of human nature. Setting my own pace increased quality of life for me. Also I will work on stuff more efficiently when I’m in the mood for it. This goes for my private life as well as for my job.
There’s also some interesting articles to read, when you’re not in a productive mood 🤩
https://www.fastcompany.com/3025930/6-reasons-to-embrace-procrastination
https://www.inc.com/lolly-daskal/7-reasons-why-you-need-to-embrace-procrastination.html
https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/dont-avoid-procrastination-embrace-dan-sullivan
Take breaks. I find often when I am procrastinating it is because I lack energy to do the task but I haven’t given myself enough of a break to recharge that energy. So sometimes I take a 5-10 minute walk, listen to some music, call a friend, etc and afterwards I find I have the energy to start the task I was avoiding.
Chunk your tasks into smaller pieces and don’t expect yourself to finish the whole list in one go. It’s easier to give yourself the task of just sorting the items on a table or desk than it is to clean the whole room. And sometimes you might just keep going after you finish the first short task.
Lists. Lists. Lists. And then you make a rule that you check something off a list every day before indulging in games or whatever.
Rather than DND, put your phone notification on mute
I tend to work in short intense Burts. Anywhere to 5-60 minutes, depending on the task. After that I take a break equal to half the time I was working and then do the cycle again. As someone with undiagnosed adhd this has been the only way I can work on stuff.
I try to make a really small commitment. eg. 5 minutes of laundry. oftentimes I keep going, but even if I don’t, I made progress. crank up the music and commiting to a few songs works too.
That’s smart, when I can switch off my brain and go on autopilot it’s fine.
I think the sooner I get it done the less time I’ll have to spend thinking about it and have more time to think about things I actually want to do. Or “just do it” like Nike. :)
Raw fucking willpower. It’s not about motivation - you will NOT be motivated. It’s about biting the bullet and doing the painful thing despite every atom in your body screaming no.
