My take on with procrastination is just start things anyway and then eventually
Procrastination is connected to perfectionism
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#22No advice article ever has the courage to say it: you need friends. Social support and accountability are our main pillars, we are social animals.
> Social support and accountability
Reminds me of "Announcing your plans makes you less motivated to accomplish them (2009)" - https://sivers.org/zipit - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7496923 (74 points | March 30, 2014 | 21 comments)
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#23„ We need to think about failure differently. I’m not the first to say that failure, when approached properly, can be an opportunity for growth. But the way most people interpret this assertion is that mistakes are a necessary evil. Mistakes aren’t a necessary evil. They aren’t evil at all. They are an inevitable consequence of doing something new (and, as such, should be seen as valuable; without them, we’d have no originality). And yet, even as I say that embracing failure is an important part of learning, I also acknowledge that acknowledging this truth is not enough. That’s because failure is painful, and our feelings about this pain tend to screw up our understanding of its worth. To disentangle the good and the bad parts of failure, we have to recognize both the reality of the pain and the benefit of the resulting growth.“
- Ed Catmull (from the book Creativity Inc.)
edit: by way of the marginalian, which is excellent, one of the best sites out there- go read it: https://www.themarginalian.org/2014/05/02/creativity-inc-ed-...
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#24No advice article ever has the courage to say it: you need friends. Social support and accountability are our main pillars, we are social animals.
Friends help with everything in life. I can’t think of an aspect of my life that is not improved by my friends.
Making friends is „easy“ too - treating people how you would want to be treated is a good first step.
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#25Lots of tongue in cheek comments for such a very serious issue.
Please know that perfectionism is often fear-based and trauma-based. Learning to recognise the underlying fear and trauma, and working through them, will help with both perfectionism and procrastination. In my experience, there are very few quick wins, only long methodical work to get through the underlying issues.
The best way to do that is with the help of a mental health professional (should be first # in that article).
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#26A true perfectionist such as myself must go through every social media feed before doing more demanding work. Those unclicked links, notifications and red dots must be cleanced.
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#27No advice article ever has the courage to say it: you need friends. Social support and accountability are our main pillars, we are social animals.
> Social support and accountability Reminds me of "Announcing your plans makes you less motivated to accomplish them (2009)" - https://sivers.org/zipit - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7496923 (74 points | March 30, 2014 | 21 comments)
That's interesting! Although I haven't invested any thought in it, I would've assumed that announcing plans would have the opposite effect because people are now watching and know what you're trying to achieve, so you'd be more motivated to avoid losing face. Thanks for the article — I'll have to check it out!
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#28No advice article ever has the courage to say it: you need friends. Social support and accountability are our main pillars, we are social animals.
Or even, "this isn't procrastinating, todo lists won't help, you are probably depressed".
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#29No advice article ever has the courage to say it: you need friends. Social support and accountability are our main pillars, we are social animals.
Friends help with everything in life. I can’t think of an aspect of my life that is not improved by my friends. Making friends is „easy“ too - treating people how you would want to be treated is a good first step.
I feel like I've long reached the point of having zero friends, which makes getting friends actually quite difficult.
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#30there's nothing wrong with procrastination
doctors say people work too much, and there's an epidemic of burnout
homo sapiens are not made to work and feel guilty when they don't complete tasks
it's a problem of work culture and productivism, nothing else