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How do you solve/deal with procrastination? (lemmy.sdf.org)

submitted 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) by Achyu@lemmy.sdf.org to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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I do get things done. But sometimes I think that I could have started some things early, avoid rush. Also a sort-of negative perfectionism that does the opposite, where I end up delaying the start while thinking about the best time to start and how to avoid possible trouble etc.

How do you categorise and adjust accordingly about such stuff?
If you are someone who got out of or reduced such behaviour(or helped someone to do that), what were the things that you/they did? How did you/they start out and progress etc.

Thanks in advance

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[–] kyub@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

            
              Pomodoro timers (hit a keybinding, a 25min timer will start. Within that time, do something productive. After that time, you can do a 5min "break". Then probably start the next timer. You can also adjust the timings of course)
Treat the thing you want to do instead of your task as the thing you can do as the reward after having done the task first (kind of a gamification mechanism maybe)
Develop a habit of always doing something productive (from your backlog) each day, unless you're sick or so
If the task seems so big or hard that you don't even start, split it in parts. You rarely have to do everything at once. Splitting it into parts also allows you to not over-exert yourself, so you'll have more time for the things you'd rather want to do afterwards

[–] CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 1 month ago

The third has been really big for me. Timers feel more like they just rob me of all momentum, though.