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I go by the 15 minute rule: I have to put in 15 minutes of work on it before I can get distracted and do something else. Once I get going, it tends to be pretty easy to keep going afterwards. If not, I give it some time and try it again.
If I can't concentrate on a task that means there is some source of friction that I need to think about that I'm not addressing.
As I stated in the other comment, Why ? Because it is simple and time consuming. How do I make it attractive ? Only if I can finish them without consuming time. How do I save time ? Automating, orienting to the result, batch manage them to feel like a challenge. What is the problem then ? When automating doesn’t work, when results don’t appear, when managing bulk tasks(multitasking) ends up being mentally tiresome in…
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As I stated in the other comment, Why ? Because it is simple and time consuming. How do I make it attractive ? Only if I can finish them without consuming time. How do I save time ? Automating, orienting to the result, batch manage them to feel like a challenge. What is the problem then ? When automating doesn’t work, when results don’t appear, when managing bulk tasks(multitasking) ends up being mentally tiresome in…
I'm not a therapist. So I recommend finding one and discussing the issue with them instead. My original recommendation works for me but obviously it's not gonna work for everyone.
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I'm not a therapist. So I recommend finding one and discussing the issue with them instead. My original recommendation works for me but obviously it's not gonna work for everyone.
Thanks for your answer, and sorry if I sounded like a psycho lol
Well, mainly two things: perseverance and/or obligation. If it’s work related you need to finish your tasks otherwise you risk loosing your job. If it’s something personal you either have to push your self and do it or it will go to the drawer of unfinished projects. Try breaking big tasks into smaller ones, allocate a fixed time where you’ll work an a specific (small) task, mute distractions (email, social networks.…
Perfectly written. Thanks. To give a little insight of what is demotivating me, it is not the tasks that are big, instead it is the tasks that are just small and not mentally challenging. Simple but frequent and time consuming. It bothers me in a sense that whenever I work on these I just feel like a car where the gearbox is on a Neutral Mode. Not going further even though the engine is running.
Give yourself a reward for doing them?
Gamify them? (Compete with yourself for how quickly you can complete them, for instance.)