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One of the best anti-procrastination hacks I ever heard was right here on HN: When you absolutely cannot get motivated to finish something, make a detailed list
by silverbax88 15y ago
One of the best anti-procrastination hacks I ever heard was right here on HN: When you absolutely cannot get motivated to finish something, make a detailed list of exactly the steps needed to finish the task/project. Once the list is complete you will automatically begin working on the first step.
Not my idea but it works for me 100% of the time.
- sdoctor 15y agohow often do you procrastinate on making the list? by the time you've started making the list, you weren't going to procrastinate any longer anyway.
- silverbax88 15y agoit turns out, never. Making a list is one of the things we, or at least I, do as 'busy work' to avoid real work. In this case, it turns out that once we have a detailed step-by-step course to resolution, hard tasks suddenly seem quite easy.
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