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You have a never ending set of goals. You sound like a classic goal oriented person, but you don’t derive satisfaction from discipline which is the only strateg
by runawaybottle 7y ago
You have a never ending set of goals. You sound like a classic goal oriented person, but you don’t derive satisfaction from discipline which is the only strategy that works for continuous goals.
Shift your strategy and aim for the simplest possible task, it’s gonna hurt your ego but you have to do this if you’re seriously asking:
Pick the easiest thing on that list (reading that book for example) and aim to read 1 paragraph every day.
In fact, start with 1 sentence every day. It sounds insulting right? You just need a framework for doing the same thing everyday and gaining satisfaction from that, even if it’s just one sentence. Your ego is totally in the way.
- m463 7y agoA technique I use is to use the thing I'm avoiding to make progress on the 2nd thing I'm avoiding. It's strange, but if I'm overscheduled and REALLY don't want to work on my taxes, somehow I have a lot of energy to clean up the garage. I've also found that if I work on something and finish it, the next day I bumble around when getting started. But if I stop right at some obvious place in the middle, the next day I immediately jump in and finish it, then use the momentum for the next thing.
- vborovikov 7y ago> A technique I use is to use the thing I'm avoiding to make progress on the 2nd thing I'm avoiding. This is called structured procrastination. > I've also found that if I work on something and finish it, the next day I bumble around when getting started. And this one is called Ovsiankina effect.
- scott-smith_us 7y agoLOL. I thought I was the only one...