• Zuzak [fae/faer, she/her]
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    3 years ago

    Not do it and fail lmao

    I have had a lot of problems with procrastination and advice isn't always helpful because I can just procrastinate the advice. If my brain is really committed to not doing anything, there's only one method that I've found to work, and that's to ask myself, "What do you want in exchange?" If the responsible part of me wants something done that badly, then it ought to be willing to compromise on something else.

    If you are able to get yourself to do things, then I would suggest meditation, which is to say, sitting still and staring at a blank wall. If that sounds boring it's because it is. That's kinda the point. It's so boring that even unpleasant things - including the task you don't want to do - start to seem interesting and entertaining in contrast. It's also a great way to shift headspaces and put things in perspective. It's easier to stay in practice if you have a group so that you can reassure each other that staring at walls is a totally normal thing to do.

    • infuziSporg [e/em/eir]
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      3 years ago

      Related to this is the idea of dopamine detoxing: letting your mind re-adjust to an environment with few to no external stimuli to draw your focus.