The Unfair Advantage Of The 60 Second Procrastination Rule

Procrastinating again? Here's a 60 second rule that'll abolish procrastination and help you take control of your life one task at a time.

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[mbogucki]

Unless you have ADHD in which case procrastination is NOT a habit but a function of the brain.

If you tried these types of "hacks" and constantly failed try researching solutions of those who may have ADHD or ADD.

[kapildevneupane]

Thanks for making it within 1.5 minutes. It prevents us from procrastinating.

[markswishereatsstuff]

20 seconds in, I bookmarked it to watch later.

[BullsEyeStories]

I always end up feeling very angry with myself *after* I have *finally* successfully completed a task I had previously been procrastinating on because I discover it wasn't even that hard once I had got started.
You mention in the video that we procrastinate to avoid stress but the act of procrastinating is also a major source of stress. Avoiding work to do something "pleasurable" (like watching TV) isn't actually pleasurable because we know we should be working!

[hellothere]

SUMMARY:
1. When you think about a goal or action (studying, tidying up, working out etc) count five seconds.
2. Once five seconds are up, prepare for your goal/action in the next 55 seconds. (tidy desk space, turn on your study materials, get your dumbells etc)
3. Do the thing. Studies say if you made it this far you are 80% likely to keep going with your task.

[krystianurban]

If procrastination is a habit, then it's better to get rid of it instead of applying new habits onto it. Habits stay in subconscious; to make them disappear, you need to bring it to conscious, by being hyper-aware about what you're doing: noticing the feeling that makes you grab your phone, carefully observing how you feel when procrastinating, if you get bored throughout and so on. If you do try it, there's an important note to take: don't fight against it, just let into it with huge awareness about what you're doing and what's going on.

Love the simplicity. It shows how deep your understanding really is

[Stratelier]

As someone who routinely participates in National Novel Writing Month, this is especially apt because writing is something that requires long periods with no/minimal distractions -- but once you do latch on to something (anything) to actually start the writing process, it becomes hard to _stop._

[paul_warner]

My 60s procrastination rule: procrastinate until you only have 60s left to accomplish whatever the task is. Use the procrastination time to meditate and/or pray to unlock that dog in you, this will ensure superhuman performance in crunch time and that way you will actually achieve something even greater by procrastinating than you would've if you got to it right away.

[shadesoftware]

1. A YouTuber that gets straight to the point
2. Has a Surface
3. Growing steadily and we're all watching him grow


New subscriber for my new favourite YouTuber ✨🎉.

[samreetdhillon]

This actually works. I'm speaking out of experience. Even though I hate Electronics, whenever I've pending concepts to study, I say to myself, "Okay, I'm just gonna open the pdf or the book and just write down the heading and then maybe relax." But when I do this, I feel like maybe I should write a couple of lines before relaxing and without knowing I'm procrastinating my habit of procrastination. Brilliant trick!

[GedanJ]

With adhd i definitely find myself putting things off. Ive done it continuously through school and into college. While it is not healthy to add the stress of "i need to do this assignment" with "this is due in a few hours", it kickstarts my brain into focusing more cause i know i _need_ to do it.

There is no benefit to not doing it, more of a deficit. Im glad my stuff is due at a minute to midnight (online), it gives me time to be ready before the end of the night, when i know i have to actually get sh– done.

The biggest problem isnt that its hard or i dont know what to do (usually), but just getting into the mindset of doing the assignment. Starting is the hardest part. Once im going, it's much easier to do it. I just need to force myself to actually get my sh– together and focus on thinking about what im doing.
I dont concentrate because i cant think of what to do. I need a push to start a thought off. By then, it's just keeping myself motivation to see it to the end.
(Even with lengthy projects. Research papers do it to ya 4 hours straight.)

Give me a wip assignment? I do it halfway, just enough for a grade, then i'll procrastinate until the next due date where i have to actually finish it.

[vanhill]

Yes. I facilitate group recovery meetings and one of the ideas is that motivation often follows action. Make the decision and take the action and soon, you are in it and into it.

[Fetchdafish]

God I wish more self help videos were this short. So refreshing when people get straight to the point.

[SebHaarfagre]

First time watching this, and it literally helped me go to the store and do the shopping I needed to. I'm writing this after coming back. (I live alone and I walk to the store).

It's simple enough to be worth a try, even to "the worst" of us.
And in this case, it worked.

[dogeilante]

There's something to be said for not only acknowledging stress, but releasing it.

One of the most unhealthy habits I had for 10 years was a thought loop of negative things about myself, and while I acknowledged my stress, I did nothing to try to get rid of it. Instead of simply stating the stress, I now say it once, and completely let it go.

[patternseekingape]

Nice work, your videos deserve some traction.
A useful thing I find when going to work in the garage/workshop is to just sweep the floor, don't think about the projects, trying not to think about it seems to build a kind of motivation (and I find lots of stuff I've misplaced). Sweep up at the end too.

[OmarVedlity]

I’ve always done this. I just get ready and leave the house then it’s like “we’ll, I’m out here anyways let’s do what I gotta do”

[fashiontrend]

And this happened again. I opened YT to study and got stuck into videos about self-improvement that helped me procrastinate even more.

[chj]

If you have constant Burnout from high school or college, procrastinating may happen as a way for you, to cope with the burnout. Don't beat yourself up and try to take breaks when you can.