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> Find out what those things are, and deal with them. That's up there with "just be more happy" (for depression), "just exercise," "just eat less food" (for ob
by Someone1234 4y ago
> Find out what those things are, and deal with them.
That's up there with "just be more happy" (for depression), "just exercise," "just eat less food" (for obesity) in terms of being entirely unconstructive.
Yes, chronic procrastination is an avoidance technique but "just do it" isn't actually an effective strategy to overcoming it.
Here's a video that people suffering from this may actually find helpful:
https://youtu.be/sYhQMR8FrKc https://youtu.be/sYhQMR8FrKc
It offers actionable advice and strategies.
- _aavaa_ 4y agoMy point wasn’t to say “just do it”, but rather “focus on this instead since it might be the actual problem”. The other advice given if “install this software to block sites” may not actually work since without the sites they’ll just find for another way to distract themselves