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Procrastinate until you feel so bad about it that you fall into a depression. The only way to get out of the depression is to get started. It can take up to a f
by j3th9n 4y ago
Procrastinate until you feel so bad about it that you fall into a depression. The only way to get out of the depression is to get started. It can take up to a few months/years, but it will get you started at some point. Works for me every time.
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- chrsig 4y agoprotip: if you develop a keen sense of anxiety, you can short circuit the depression. of course, as a side effect, you'll start to only work, being wonderfully productive as the depression wraps everyone around you in your irritability blanket and snuffs the life out of your relationships ...but hey, it keeps you productive
- alivenotions 4y agoThis used to work for me for the longest time until it slowly didn't. And then anxiety slowly kept building up since I stopped being as productive as before and it overwhelmed me to the point where I couldn't do any work.
- chrsig 4y agooh, it wasn't real advice -- i was just having a bit of a dark sense of humor about mental health. apologies if this wasn't as obvious as i'd intended. it does work, but as you note, it's not sustainable. It's horrible for the mind and body. please take care of yourself -- overwhelm is the pits.
- alivenotions 4y agoHaha yeah, thanks! It just hit a bit too close to home as I'm going through this right now where thinking about work gives me the shakes and I can't seem to do any sort of long term deep work.
- 4ggr0 4y agoLast time I felt like this it took a couple of months until I broke down completely and was fired, so take care of you! If what's stressing you out is the work you have to do or where you're working, now is actually not a bad time to search for a different workplace. You don't have to prove anything to anyone if that means that your mental health takes a toll, and you'll not be able to prove anything anyways in such a state. If it's something different then feel free to chat here, or write me via mail(if you want to vent to a stranger), or look after your mental health by visiting a professional, if that's possible for you.
- chrsig 4y agooh no! I'm really sorry to hear that. Are you able to take any time off to decompress at all, or have a mental health professional you can talk to about it? I'm fighting the urge to tell you all sorts of different things that I've tried and have helped me in that spot -- but I recognize that's probably not what you need. do you have any sense of how a random group of HNers could support you? If nothing else, I hope knowing that you're not alone in the experience helps.
- kthejoker2 4y agoDon't worry, you aren't the first! Take care of and be good to yourself, even acknowledging the problem "out loud" here is a good start. (Like the article says, "start small!")
- nouveaux 4y agoI'm not sure how serious you are but have you ever considered that the procrastination is caused by mild depression?
- daoist_shaman 4y agoThis entire thread reeks of burnout. Source: Am burnt out.
- hinkley 4y agoExistential threats are also really good for procrastination.
- avgDev 4y agoThis would be a good way for me not to do anything for years. I suppose as long as I could fake working for that long and keep getting paid it could work....but then my skills would still suffer.