Less social media, do not disturb, lots to try, not much works.
I try to be abrupt. So I’ll be sat down for an hour, chastising myself every 5 minutes for not doing something productive, then one of those times, halfway through the thought I just kind of internally shout at myself to GET UP.
Put what I’m holding down, stand up, do one thing. If I can carry on going and do more-great. If not at least I did one thing.
One of the side effects of practicing meditation is procrastination pretty much went away completely.
Do you remember how long it took for you to see results?
I don’t remember. I started mainly to help with anxiety, and looking back I’m able to see all of the other positive effects it had.
My recommendation on conquering procrastination is to take small steps. Try to get a small win each day by not procrastinating on ONE small thing. Then celebrate that win and build on it instead of focusing on the negatives and other things you blew off.
I take my ADHD meds and put on some breakcore
It turns out, the answer for me is “wait for some over-greedy buffoons to destroy your time wasting social media sites”.
I don’t fight it any more. If I’m procrastinating, there’s a reason. Rather than trying to force myself to do something I don’t want to, I try to see what the underlying reason is and deal with that. Not a cure-all, but it helps
I start by cleaning something. It can be something small, like getting the clutter off my desk, but something where I can have very immediate seeable progress. That can usually get the productivity ball rolling.
I need to read a book for a flying exam, do you think cleaning first would still be a good option?
