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This is great advice but I’m a procrastinator. I have a full time job already in software but it’s incredibly hard for me to get any will power to work on side

This is great advice but I’m a procrastinator. I have a full time job already in software but it’s incredibly hard for me to get any will power to work on side projects such as getting a business going or just working on open source. I might need to hear the opposite of this.

eeh 6y ago
Is your perception of yourself being a procrastinator a result of having "been indoctrinated from an early age to be productive, to schedule every moment"? Taking a view from Positive Psychology, the ABCDE explanation for this thought pattern might go something like: * [Activating event] You observe yourself not working on side projects * [Belief] People without side projects or their own businesses are failures * [Consequence] Label oneself a procrastinator, and feel bad * [Disputation] People can have meaningful/successful lives without having side projects. People require maintenance in the form of leisure/downtime. Your procrastination is yourself striving for leisure/downtime. * [Effect] Feel good about activities you previously labelled as procrastination. I'm not qualified in this area, but this helps me, at least. https://positivepsychology.com/albert-ellis-abc-model-rebt-cbt/ https://positivepsychology.com/albert-ellis-abc-model-rebt-c...