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A useful way to use this emotion is to imagine how you are going to feel in an hours time when you have just got on and done that thing and it's all over with.
by dazc 7y ago
A useful way to use this emotion is to imagine how you are going to feel in an hours time when you have just got on and done that thing and it's all over with.
- TeMPOraL 7y agoIt's a nice trick but for some people - like me - it doesn't work. The brain accepts the anticipated emotion on a conscious level, and then proceeds to ignore it. (I have a fresh case of this just recently; I was procrastinating on a household chore for a week. I was fully aware that I'll feel great if I complete it, and I'll feel really bad if I keep on procrastinating. That awareness did nothing. It took a realization that my sidearm netbook is still powerful enough to play a TV show to motivate me to go and do the chore, under the guise that I can allow myself to watch the show then. 3 hours and 4 episodes later, a whole bunch of chores was done. And I kind of understand now why some people I know like playing TV shows when cooking or cleaning.)
- jolfdb 7y agoTV is also good because it creates a simulation of human company that reduces social isolation anxiety and makes you feel better about being where you are.