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I can occasionally procrastinate heavily. I will procrastinate when what I need to do is hard (requires too much effort), when it is too easy, or when there is
by inertiatic 8y ago
I can occasionally procrastinate heavily.
I will procrastinate when what I need to do is hard (requires too much effort), when it is too easy, or when there is too much uncertainty involved (worst out of the three).
So personally instead of trying to combat the symptoms with techniques like forced breaks or powering through any urge to do something else, I try to address the causes by taking up appropriate tasks or breaking them down sufficiently.
- startupflix 8y agoDue to this I am surrounded with lots of incomplete works. :(
- ak39 8y agoKeep a book as your journal. I use a hardcover school exercise book to keep track of my projects with sub-items for features, bug fixes etc. It's also a doodle book. I note dates when I think of an idea, or when I begin coding them, the reasons for the choice of tools and of general progress. Whenever I feel exhausted/bored or completely disillusioned by anything I'm currently working on, I leave it, I walk away from it. But I make sure I write down my reasons for choosing to leave the work and, most importantly, my emotional state around that decision. I journal as I think. Many days later, sometimes years, I simply read my journal, paging though and recollecting my thoughts and emotional states. Many times I have found that things have changed in the intervening time such as my workload, improved skills, better understanding of the problem domain, or general state of energy. Many times I have resumed abandoned projects/features to completion. Good luck!