I have to do it anyway and if i have to do it tommorow, i’m stressed till then, so better do it now, so i have free time tommorow.
Convince yourself you will be skinned alive if you do not do them
Start small and incrementally increase
Yell: “Shut the fuck up and just do it, you whiny little shit. Your opinion ain’t worth fuck all”, really loudly.
That usually gets me started and once started, the task is less daunting.
Find a way to make it easier to do. I wanted to eat healthier, I started ordering meal kits so I can cook healthy meals more easily. I wanted to exercise more, I bought an exercise bike and use it while watching TV and movies
I don’t like purposeless exercise. So all my exercise has a purpose. I garden, do yard work, bike to work, paddle for pleasure. Life doest have to be suffering, just need to find what motivates you.
That is another good way to make exercise easier. Having a goal besides the exercise
this is great advice and I try to follow it too, but it’s worth noting that all the examples you gave cost a fair amount of money
I got the bike cheap through Facebook marketplace. Even if you do spend a lot of money on it, at least you only have to spend it once. In the long run, if you use it long enough, it’s cheaper than a gym membership.
Buying meal kits is an ongoing expense but so is any type of food
fair enough, I do agree that depending on what you’re solving the cost can very much be worth it
This is called being an adult.
You grow up. That’s what you do. You realize your actions have consequences and you decide you don’t want to face the negative consequences of bad habits.
Making it through life is mostly forcing yourself to do things you don’t wanna do.
Basically a three step process.
1.) Ingest caffeine.
2.) Put on Highway Star by Deep Purple. Big headphones to drown out distractions.
3.) Take a couple breaths to focus, then buckle in for the ride
Don’t focus on the task, focus on step one in accomplishing the task and do that as it’s probably small
E.g
put on my running shoes and clothes instead of thinking of going for a run
Log on to the server instead of debugging the application logs
Pick up the weight instead of doing 3 sets
Focusing on the small first step instead of the daunting big task makes it easier to get started
Yep that’s how I make myself workout. I don’t have to work out, I just have to step inside the gym. I’m allowed to leave right after (I never do).
Bravo
Cleaning only works when I start the moment I get home from work. Otherwise I’m too spent to do anything meaningful.
That’s what has been working for me as of lately. When I get home, first thing is do the deed. Then I can rest.
I clean when my apartment is dirty.
I don’t. I tell my wife that I’ll do X by this day. Once there’s a deadline involved, even if it’s the last minute, I will do it to avoid disappointing my wife.
I usually forget and the nagging is what gets me to do it.
Yeah. I call that Plan B.
This man loves
This describes me too well and I don’t like it xD
ADHD medication
Before this it was anger
I used fear/anxiety. Adderall works much better, and I have greatly reduced blood pressure.
Be kind to your future self. You know them better than anyone, and you know they work hard enough already. Do them a favor every once in a while and see how good it feels to help them out.
This is my answer. I love making future me happy. When I dump the laundry on the bed in the morning with the intention of coming home and putting it away after work, I think of how happy future me will be with current me if I just take the 10 minutes now to get 'er done. Crazy how often it works…
You start before the brain finds out what’s going on, or depending on your perspective, you start before the rest of the body realises what is happening.
You don’t talk, you don’t think, you don’t plan. Only do.
Hard as fuck to get there, at least for me, but it works great.
Stop self-talking, that’s the basis of so much anxiety and all dread, which is always worse than just doing the thing, more suffering by trying to avoid the original suffering. Stupid brain.
Let your body get up and go do the thing without your mind fucking it up. It’s called “behavioral activation” and it even works.
I don’t. “Good for you” isn’t good enough for doing something I don’t want to do. It has to be absolutely necessary.
