How to Stop Procrastinating

Dr. K’s Guide to Mental Health explores Anxiety, Depression, ADHD, and Meditation

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[ScireVetitum]

Hold on guys, I'm on my 50th "how to stop procrastinating" video, I'm sure I'll have a breakthrough soon enough

[ATHOS_of_INDEX]

Not getting down on myself for not writing for 4 hours and instead being proud of myself for writing 15 minutes more than yesterday is how I finished my book.

[grandosprey]

As a software engineer I like to start the day slow and reflect on my goals for the day. If I just sit down and say "time to work" I sometimes feel overwhelmed with the totality of the work. When I'm feeling resistance to chip away at my goals I just focus on the next hour. What do I want to do this hour? How should I disconnect for a few moments and give myself credit for following through? Take a stretch, maybe take a short walk and feel the sun, grab a drink. Then back at it again. When you are worried about deadlines or following through the best way to avoid it is to do as I just said above. Its easier to decide to do something for 10min or an 1hr than to commit to a whole day at once.

[Agraj_Kadariya]

"when I was a degenerate" lol

[kotin]

1. Decide what is that task.
2. Leg go of the Guilt (and any negative emotion) that is stopping you.
3. See it in a finished state, NOW.

Now your motivated, now go and START.

[hamsteratemyhomework]

It's hard to take your time when you're constantly force-fed the idea that your time is running out and life is so short. Getting used to the idea that worrying about your time running out takes time, otherwise you waste even more time not spending the time to work on it

[skellman]

As someone with ADHD and someone with addiction in the family, I've always tried to stay busy as a coping mechanism. Idle hands is what I taught myself growing up. Now I'm realizing how destructive it was because I'm constantly, anxiously, rushing around my life, ignoring my body and mind.

[brielslovak]

this is absolutely true. so many times i do something without giving it another thought and then i realize if i thought for a couple minutes longer i could have done that original thing and 3 additional one's extremely efficiently.

[samuelwandrack]

This is so real, I feel like my life used to be so fast paced, and like particularly in my driving habits, I was so impatient. I made a lot of positive changes that have made me a generally happier person, and all of the sudden, I have patience for other people, and I don’t find myself in as much of a rush all of the time.

[PrinceOfTheSound]

The more I learn about stuff I’m interested in the more scared I get of it.

[mightymoeish]

Facts. Sometimes i tell myself to physically move in slow motion. Something about it just helps.

[sanguinesydttv]

I procrastinate but I call it procrastiplanning. I have a difficult time initiating tasks but the entire time I'm not getting up and doing whatever task, I'm planning the most efficient way to complete the task in my head. Honestly, it's efficient and the execution goes so much more smoothly.

[randomdudefficial]

Whats helping me at the moment is that procrastinating was a form of dealing with stress that I made myself because Im procrastinating and not working xD
I had to learn to relax properly and that I am even allowed to relax.
And now I watch 1-2 videos, or play an hour and can switch to work without feeling pressure or stress.

[matthewboiser]

This is very true one example is when i have classes at 9:00 am I wake up at around 4:00 am and just so
Do nothing 40 minutes into waking up i very slowly do my morning routine from making coffee, taking a dump, taking a bath and then changing to my uniform in school but i never knew that was already a form of procrastination i just thought that my mind prefer things to do slowly because it keeps me focused similar to how a car engine is slowly being heated up from a cold start

[octane]

You just articulated what i feel every moment. Thanks a ton.

[Zext]

The problem is no one lets you have time. Every attempt to give myself time (as I have always hated rushing) has been met with massive resistance, whether it was school, work, or even leisure.

[Rutley]

Yes true, and don't let the naysayers put you off.. Like when I found out I could paint, and settle into it and paint for hours into the night and morning I started doing 2 paintings a month and mainly giving them to family or friends.. But after a while of talking about it with my ex I told her it was disappointing she could only say "it's nice". After discussing things she said that I'd never become a painter. She just didn't see anything special in it and only believes in hard work and standard jobs.

But seeing as I probably have ADHD finding a healthy obsession that I can put my mind to for hours is certainly valuable..

We are poor at understanding our own and other people's psychology.

Side note: if you have ADHD they say stop trying to fight it. So transitions for the sake of doing something new/novel and interesting is better than all the self criticism and ruminations about not being able to do anything and getting nothing done.

[luky]

I'm certainly mindful of doing this.

I've realized that preparation is key to say, cooking for instance.

I'll manage to prep everything I need to cook over the course of an hour. I think this has helped me to learn to cook more efficiently and my food has been complimented on several times at this point, very encouraging.

Now, I must prepare to negotiate with my neurotic side. 😅

[agape]

It’s like being on autopilot.
In my brain, mindfulness feels like wasting time, like less productive, on slow mode, gotta get rid of this way of thinking as it seems I’m never really present in the current activity.

[aarongeorge]

I spent years jumping around like this. Up front, it seemed more efficient to cut transitions down to a minimum, but it was really my brain highjacking my love of efficiency to stop me from thinking about what I actually needed to do.

I've just started living more slowly and mindfully, and it's helped me be dramatically more productive. While I relapse here and there, slowing down my transitions gives me time to conciously think about what I should be doing with my time. This not only knocks me out of my "go go go" dopemenergic cycle, but it also increases the value of doing these necessary tasks, making it even easier to choose doing them over other distractions in life.