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I've recently made pretty good gains at minimizing procrastination. First, I simply eliminated working on anything I didn't really need and/or want to do. I
by amorphid 10y ago
I've recently made pretty good gains at minimizing procrastination.
First, I simply eliminated working on anything I didn't really need and/or want to do. I don't need to think about doing stuff I don't plan on doing!
Second, anything that needed to get done, I scheduled it. For simple tasks, I just created morning and evening blocks of time for home and work. The repetitive stuff I do first, and then I work on one off stuff until I don't feel like doing it anymore. It just gets done in the next block. For example, scanning N tax documents is lame, so I scanned maybe a dozen in one block, and just did the rest the rest in the next block. For important things, I schedule a single purpose appointment, and do my best to just make it happen.
Lastly, I bought a wall calendar, and nailed it to... aait for it... my wall. I "x" out every day I feel like I attended to the stuff I said I was gonna do. If I don't feel a "x" has been earned, it is usually for a specific reason, and I try to address that reason. I choose not to care about the "x" streak, days in in a row. I simply use the calendar to gauge whether I'm being as consistent as I'd like to be.
I've gone made pretty good gains on transitioning from Professor Procrastinator to Captain Consistent. Will always be a work in progress :)
- Cyph0n 10y agoThanks for sharing!
- amorphid 10y agoThis morning I wrote a note to myself that I didn't earn the "X". I've been trying to wake up at 7a, and go thru a start of day checklist. I want the "X" damn it. Tomorrow, maybe I'll read the checklist. Still, I got way more done this morning before heading into the office than I would have if there was no concept of a plan :)