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"Instead, think about putting on your sneakers and tying them, one at a time; entering the front door of the gym and walking to the first treadmill you see; ste
by justlearning 17y ago
"Instead, think about putting on your sneakers and tying them, one at a time; entering the front door of the gym and walking to the first treadmill you see; stepping aboard and starting to move your legs, right leg first."
The analogy of going ahead and just doing it has been reiterated many times here - in comments/other articles.
proof of or the lack of - doesn't matter.
For some lazy few like me, these readings come in various flavours. Reading these nudges as a reminder to "just do it" and it works for a while atleast - before some distraction comes by.
- badger7 17y agoIndeed, I commented it myself a few days ago. 'Distraction from distraction' is my take - don't worry about everything else in your head, just open notepad and start making notes on whatever it is you're trying to put off. You'll forget the rest soon enough :)
- jcl 17y agoI must admit I, too, was expecting another fluffy "just do it" article, but I was surprised to find that this is not one of those. Rather, they are saying: "If you think about about the concrete, specific steps to doing a task, you will be much more likely to complete it than if you think about the task in general -- and we've done the research to prove it." This is much better than other procrastination articles, which are generally speculative punditry and attempts to copy well-known successful people.