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I don't know why people obsess about ritualising this stuff. Just have a todo list and put dates on stuff and train yourself to pick up tasks off it properly. I

by thimp 3y ago

I don't know why people obsess about ritualising this stuff. Just have a todo list and put dates on stuff and train yourself to pick up tasks off it properly. I'm just using Apple Reminders. Is on my phone and mac. Works with Siri. It's fine to stop doing things. It's fine to procrastinate sometimes. Sometimes you need a time out on schedule. Forcing yourself to be productive leads to crap. Give yourself a break :)

lukas099 3y ago
That works for you and that is great. Other things work for other people.
tra3 3y ago
Ritual leads to repeatable results, hopefully.
mklepaczewski 3y ago
You don't understand the problem because you don't experience it. Imagine spending decades of your life running on 30% of your capabilities. Advising chronic procrastinators to "just do it" is as effective as telling a person with depression to just think positively. Nitpick: it's never a good time to procrastinate. Procrastination, by definition, is bad. You might be confusing procrastination with leisure time. I agree though, that people go overboard with trying to be productive and fail to include leisure time in their schedule.
- 331c8c71 3y ago
  > Imagine spending decades of your life running on 30% of your capabilities. It seems to me that someone suffering from procrastination would also be very likely to have insufficient self-esteem and self-shaming tendencies. IMO it would be hence more appropriate to use more neutral or compassionate statements like "imagine spending decades of your life focusing on goals different from your current ones" or "imagine spending decades of your life trying to be productive only to be caught in negative thought patterns". Sentences like the one you wrote might give one a short-term boost but the real improvement comes from acceptance of self and the past as well as from serenity and calmness (imo).

by thimp 3y ago

lukas099 3y ago

That works for you and that is great. Other things work for other people.

tra3 3y ago

Ritual leads to repeatable results, hopefully.

mklepaczewski 3y ago

You don't understand the problem because you don't experience it. Imagine spending decades of your life running on 30% of your capabilities. Advising chronic procrastinators to "just do it" is as effective as telling a person with depression to just think positively. Nitpick: it's never a good time to procrastinate. Procrastination, by definition, is bad. You might be confusing procrastination with leisure time. I agree though, that people go overboard with trying to be productive and fail to include leisure time in their schedule.

331c8c71 3y ago
> Imagine spending decades of your life running on 30% of your capabilities. It seems to me that someone suffering from procrastination would also be very likely to have insufficient self-esteem and self-shaming tendencies. IMO it would be hence more appropriate to use more neutral or compassionate statements like "imagine spending decades of your life focusing on goals different from your current ones" or "imagine spending decades of your life trying to be productive only to be caught in negative thought patterns". Sentences like the one you wrote might give one a short-term boost but the real improvement comes from acceptance of self and the past as well as from serenity and calmness (imo).