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Many people think I'm a work-a-holic. My dirty little secret is that I'm actually very lazy (my wife knows :-). I can't say I have a good strategy, it's just th

Many people think I'm a work-a-holic. My dirty little secret is that I'm actually very lazy (my wife knows :-). I can't say I have a good strategy, it's just that when I do get into a rare flow state (a few times a week) I can stay there for quite a while and little can distract me (thank you ADD!). But here is what I would say: pick the smallest of tasks that is part of the larger work and convince yourself it's okay to only get that part done today. Also convince yourself that it's okay to do a 'Mad Dash' on it - focus on making progress, not making perfect. Save the edits and polishing for when you are in the zone. This is how I get myself to the gym a few times a week. So many times I've told myself it's okay to just go for 10 minutes (and then sit in the hot tub :-). But once I'm there I almost always do my full regimen (which is only 45 mins). So maybe that is my strategy: only focus on 'getting started', not on getting done.

netizen-936824 5y ago
This is great advice. Just getting started is also the biggest thing for me. Once I get started, it's usually easy to just keep going
PopAlongKid 5y ago
>This is how I get myself to the gym a few times a week. I don't have a gym membership, but maybe that is a price I should consider paying, as I might be more motivated to not waste money I've paid. While I am able to go outside for long, brisk walks fairly often, I completely neglect the equally important stretching and resistance training (weights) exercises because I find them so boring. Even if I keep it going for a few weeks, I inevitably stop because at home, there is always something I find more appealing to do than even 20 minutes of boring stretches and weights.
- NBJack 5y ago
  This was a huge help for me. It's amazing how my attitude to going to a trainer changed when I paid up front. I was actually getting upset one day when I thought I had gotten less than the hour I paid for. With video workouts and monthly gym memberships, I had never thought of ending a workout early as losing value.

netizen-936824 5y ago

This is great advice. Just getting started is also the biggest thing for me. Once I get started, it's usually easy to just keep going

PopAlongKid 5y ago

>This is how I get myself to the gym a few times a week. I don't have a gym membership, but maybe that is a price I should consider paying, as I might be more motivated to not waste money I've paid. While I am able to go outside for long, brisk walks fairly often, I completely neglect the equally important stretching and resistance training (weights) exercises because I find them so boring. Even if I keep it going for a few weeks, I inevitably stop because at home, there is always something I find more appealing to do than even 20 minutes of boring stretches and weights.

NBJack 5y ago
This was a huge help for me. It's amazing how my attitude to going to a trainer changed when I paid up front. I was actually getting upset one day when I thought I had gotten less than the hour I paid for. With video workouts and monthly gym memberships, I had never thought of ending a workout early as losing value.