Procrastination is driven by our desire to avoid difficult emotions, says expert

Post by dnh44 » Wed, Jun 17, 2020, 8:16 AM UTC

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This article gives great advice, but there's also the other end that I personally struggle with, namely: where's the reward? I noticed that it's especially hard for me to bring things to the state of "100% done", because the emotional reward for that is so much smaller than getting to the first 70%. I tried shifting my thinking about this by treating that 70% as an actual 50% (given the time spent), but it feels like…

Theres this thing called "the 80/20 rule". Story time: My dad used to work at Sainsbury's (big UK supermarket chain). One day the CEO (Lord Sainsbury I think he said it was) popped over to his desk. " , you do great work. I know I can always count on you." "But... You spend so much effort on details that don't end up being important. The first 80% of your work takes as long as the last 20%." "The thing is, that first…

Post by galoisgirl » Wed, Jun 17, 2020, 10:29 AM UTC

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> Procrastination is driven by our desire to avoid difficult emotions, says expert I love this tagline! I think this is as accurate as one can get about why we procrastinate, in one sentence. --- > What research has indicated across a wide variety of studies is that it is an emotion regulation situation. So CBT, meditation and similar things might help. I'd like to see studies on that. Hypothesis: emotion regulation…

“ > Procrastination is driven by our desire to avoid difficult emotions, says expert” That makes sense for some procrastination, but other procrastination is laziness. Mopping the floor, taking out the garbage, mowing the lawn types of procrastination... those are under your own purview and don’t involve big emotions or decisions... So I think it explains some kinds of procrastination but not all.

Post by shdwbnvdnce » Wed, Jun 17, 2020, 12:27 PM UTC

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Post by shadowbanned5 » Wed, Jun 17, 2020, 12:33 PM UTC

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I doubt it was intentional

You're right. I'm not sure I want to educate myself on why that might have been Nazi-esque. Thanks for giving me the benefit of the doubt.

Post by shadowbanned6 » Wed, Jun 17, 2020, 12:41 PM UTC

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I haven't been able to find a "final" solution. Most recently I've been writing things down with pen and paper to keep me on task. To make the ethereal physical and break it down into steps and checklists. Again totally recommend this video on the wall of awful for ADHD procrastination https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uo08uS904Rg

Not sure that there is a final solution. It's an ongoing, everyday perpetual sort of thing...like waves: When you catch a wave, you ride it out knowing that eventually it ends. And when it does, you get off the wave and paddle back out to catch another one. Repeat forever :)