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I don’t even get the ‘feel accomplished’ part of tasks when I do them on time. Makes it real hard to convince myself to do things, I tell you hwat
From what I understand, our brains lack that ability to different extents. It was explained that this “reward” pathway being broken is one of the reasons why our minds assign a lower priority to different tasks and making something routine is so difficult.
For me, I need to do the first thing in my schedule “right” or else my day is ruined and I lost the motivation to do anything properly.
They wouldn’t even test me for ADHD (“it’s probably something else”), but so much this.
Option 1 doesn’t even exists for me. The feeling of accomplishment only comes after option 2. ☹️
this isnt a choice lol. help me im in hell
I have this but only for difficult stuff I am struggling with is that normal?
I think it’s pretty normal to view some tasks as “free” mentally and be able to do them without stress. I rarely hit that trap when it comes to cooking - as an example - I think in part because I was raised in an environment where it was fun and improvisation was encouraged. I suspect what we all consider as free has really complex factors though and will vary wildly.
What about contemplating uprooting your entire life and going into the forest to live as a hermit?
Crosses my mind multiple times a day. I’d probably die, but I’d be free.
Here’s the thing. If there’s a 1% chance that the task will no longer be necessary by the time it’s due, I can’t afford to risk wasting the time to complete the task. Much better idea to spend that time in stress-paralysis until there is a 100% certainty of the task being necessary.
The stress will fuel productivity
I’ve settled for a 0.5% chance even
Is there even a choice
there’s only option 2
And better yet if option two doesn’t need to be done because it all get cancelled
guess I’ll be needing another coronavirus for that
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!
You are assuming that I can’t decide to do option 1, when i am just sitting there fully aware of needing to do it and just frozen emotionally by the idea of doing something that could be difficult.(even if it could be easy)
This is so me… “Start to think about it, not sure how to start, brain ‘slides off’ it, do something else”…
If I can get a hook into it, I can move onwards (even a task list is good)…
Then again, as I get older, I’m feeling even less motivated than usual and it’s harder to get on with things.
Sometimes, the more I know, the more I overthink how much I have to do for the “best” outcome. I also do take pleasure watching some YouTube videos on extreme precision crafting or metalworks.
If you do option 1, there will just be more when you would have done option 2.
Doing nothing now feels so much better than doing nothing later
There’s also so many fun things to do right now!
doesn’t do those either
sits in place feeling too guilty to actually enjoy the now
The third option is to just buy more clothes instead of washing them. Or decide you never really wanted to do that hobby anyway.
For anyone suffering from constantly falling into Option 2, my solution for the past decade has been pomodoro timers (30 mins of music).
Once I hear the music, I just focus.
Then the music stops, my brain and focus stops. I either relax, procrastinate, or restart the timer.
