Procrastination always boils down to one thing: the thing you procrastinate about is seen as unpleasant. Whether it’s because you think you’ll suck at it or bec

Procrastination always boils down to one thing: the thing you procrastinate about is seen as unpleasant. Whether it’s because you think you’ll suck at it or because you don’t think the outcome matters that much, you imagine that doing the thing will be unpleasant. Beyond medication, the only thing I’ve found that works well against procrastination is to tell my brain that it won’t be as unpleasant as I think, so long as I can just get started on it. And getting started means literally spending one minute on the thing. Usually if I can get in that first minute, the thing becomes interesting and then I can make it happen.