The procrastination cure you don't want to hear
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- Опубликовано: 28 июл 2022
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I was minding my business this afternoon, doing important stuff, watching Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness for the tenth time (a film I don't really care about), watching cutscenes from the game Shadow of Mordor (that I've never actually played and I don't intent to) and getting ready to rebinge watch Stranger Things seasons 1 to 3. Then this bald Joey guy video notification came AND THEN I HAVE SPENT THE REST OF MY FRIDAY DEPRIVING MYSELF OF THESE WELL DESERVED JOYS and I've cleaned the backyard, frontyard and "sideyard" (yeah that's a thing), fixed myv earphones that my cats keep chewing, reassembled my vacuum cleaner, trimmed my hair with a diy bald fade (the result was not terrible) and studied and worked a little bit.
The point is I did more in these last 8 hours of my Friday than all I didn't do the entire week.
Another important detail is that my shrink is traveling AND I run out of Ritalin yesterday.
God forbid that this weird bald guy somehow hacked my brain using some sketchy subliminar message entwined within his video.
I'm a good citizens. I pay my taxes and I just came across his channel because I was searching for advice for guys who are startng to lose their hair.
And now he had fiddled with my brain.
But now jokes aside. I truly hope that tomorrow I manage to repeatb what I've done today. Quit finding ways to escape my chores and my projects with social network, RUclips, movies and games.
THANK YOU JOEY
FROM THE BOTTOM OF MY HEART
🙏🙏😉😉🤗🤗✌️🤘🤟🤙♥️🇧🇷
This is some fresh pasta. Keep up the great work!!
Note that cleaning stuff, and other seemingly productive activites are often also a form a procrastination, unfortunately... it happens when what you're avoiding is so painful that actually washing the dishes comes accros to your brain as a less painful option
Shadow of Mordor is a pretty good game tho,The Nemesis System literally allows you to create your own stories and have your own adventures. And the second game, Shadow of war is even way better.Combat is better,diversity is much more and Nemesis system is improved in Shadow of War. 9/10 game Definietly reccomend it, but play Mordor first. It would be hard to return to Mordor after playing Shadow Of War.
@@MetehanUnal_ why are you motivating us about this game on a video about not wanting to procrastonate🥲
@@remy8587 If the cleaning was the stuff they were avoiding, which it sounds like it was, then they’re on track. Not everyone has the same journey 😉
The irony of procrastination is that the mental anguish you feel avoiding an issue often ends up being worse than the mental anguish of doing the thing you are avoiding. The pain of regret is worse than the pain of discipline.
Soo truee💀
Nike's 'just do it' is something people should keep in mind everyday, for everything
In fact, the mental anguish of doing the thing I was avoiding usually basically disappears when I'm actually doing it. Unless the deadline was like 3 years ago or something.
Thats the whole point of avoiding. Funny you totally miss the point.
Its the anguish at the end if you dont complete what you procratinated and delayed. For sure
You're right. I don't. Have a good day
😂😂😂
Hahahahaha
Haha
Same, just saved it to watch later 💀
Men walk in the selfish futility of their own mind.
This was on my “watch later” for at least a year
Me too 😂😂
Lol fr
The irony is i opened this boring video because I had nothing interesting to do this was an option
I JUST FOUND IT AS I WAS CLEANING MY WATCH LATER LIST XD
I did as well and now couldn't find anything else to watch so just clicked on my watch later and then this
No more procrastinating. I'll get started tomorrow.😂
Did you start yet?
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Still deciding
You know your procrastination is bad when you’re procrastinating playing video games.
I see myself here and I hate it, thanks
…. Other people do this??? 😭😭😭😭
My friend, I love coffee and for a while now I would prepare the coffee and procrastinate drinking the coffee sometimes even after it gets cold. This week i ended up drinking the coffee 2 hours after preparing it.
I just don't enjoy them anymore 😭
@@AdrianDanielGuard relatable 😭
Honestly that study underestimates the sole fact that I, for multiple times already, did stare at a white wall for more than 3 hours just to not do my assignment.
Yep. Same. I would rather stare at a blank wall rather than doing my assignment.
Then when I actively try to do it, I catch myself reading Wikipedia articles that have absolutely nothing to do with the assignment.
Same. My therapist says it's because my anxiety about the task (in my case, a fear of it not being good enough or leading to criticism) leads to a "collapse" state or freeze state (from the fight/flight/freeze concept) where I'm just stuck and can do literally nothing for hours instead of doing the work. I don't even procrastinate ie play a game etc. I just sit still filled with internal turmoil.
Same for me, And it becomes worse through the years
yes and for example my boyfriend literally just goes to take naps to avoid doing things that he needs to do when he is at home...
@@GeorgeThoughts your full humanity is 100% awesome. Thank you
Thanks man, added this to watch later. Will hear it sometime else 👍🏻
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I did the same thing. Just finally watching it now. 😂
@@malittlekitteh thanks for reminding me too, I just forgot about it.
Same lol@@malittlekitteh
watch it if you won’t its all about doing something really bored before doing what you should be doing
*added to watch later list*
me too! its on my watch later list for a month now and its popping in my screen when i was watching other videos, so i clicked. this is a sign for you to do the same thing
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Staring at a blank wall is more fun than studying calculus (I actually sat in a room without any distractions) . wtf do i do now
cry and give up
I have an idea that may work: What if you try to make the task more than about itself?: A purpose, like, mix it with what you love, however that may come about, think of what you may be able to do with it once you get it, maybe your can use it to code a game, or to learn to use blender, or to make a weird contraption you can build and record and share on the internet, give it a reason, a rhyme, give it passion by tying it to an "I want", you don't just wander down the yellow road and happen into a city made from emeralds, you must want to reach it, you need to ask yourself, "how could this make my world greater?". Like, me for example, I didn't learn english just because learning a second language is cool, I learned it because I love social media, I love seeing what shenanigans humans are up to today, I love learning, and playing videogames, and sharing and looking at art, and english opened the doors to so much more than what I had before, it made my life so monstrously and marvelously flavourful in so many ways, to the point that "I wish I didn't know how to read" jokes don't even land with me because I cannot relate, I do not regret learning this language, and that could be you, math could be your new language, math is everywhere, in time, in space, in engineering, in design, in music, everything contains math, it's all there for the taking, and you just need to know how to crack that fruit open, you just need to open your eyes to the possibilities, the world could look so much different from where you stand in so little time, and so familiar at the same time.
Of course, the praise doesn't hurt either, you'll get lots of people commenting on the special thing you can do, even if it's not that impressive, or even if you're not that far yet, it's just another one of those things that keeps you going at it, because even if you don't notice a change, others will.
@@vicenteisaaclopezvaldez2450 I heard another person say the same thing about learning English. He wanted to be a airline pilot. He struggled with learning English in school, but as soon as he learned pilots must speak English, somehow it was not so difficult to learn. He grew up to be a pilot.
sit in the room for days untill you do calculus
hey im a 14 year old learning calculus, i think you are finding it boring because u are learning it the wrong way. search for lectures on youtube that actually make learning calculus fun
I don't procrastinate because the task is not fun. I procrastinate because I am so afraid of failing at the task that I don't even want to start. I believe that is next level procrastination.
So? Even if you fail whats the deal? Failing is a bad thing in our society but think of it as learning and getting experience. Is the world gonna end if you fail a few times? I dont think so
@@anthonym1625 that is the correct and logical thinking. but some people are so far down the hole it's almost impossible. there are many reasons some people are in that situation. this is not an excuse, of course, just an explanation.
it is simple, u don't have the procrastinator mindset
Nah bro that's anxiety
@@anthonym1625 My self esteem gets another hit if I fail. I've convinced myself that I am a looser and that being bad at something makes me a bad person. Failing is just gonna prove to me that that idea is true. Idk, failing is way more high stakes when your value as a human being depends on it.
What worked the best for me after procrastinating for years was to force a routine out of cleaning my living space on my first day off work while my brain is still on "shift" mode.
I'll start the morning and fill a washing machine, then clean my room while that finishes, and while I wait for the last ten ninutes of the washing machine I'll make sure the sink is clear of dishes.
If you've been putting it off for weeks or even months, the first week will be hard work, but if you do it two weeks in a row, you will have much less to do and it will help you feel productive or like your environment is ready for whatever you need to do.
Grab a large rubbish bag and get to it, play some music and treat it as a job you have to do. It will help remove the most immediate layer of guilt about "not being able to get things done". Any able bodied person can tidy up a bedroom. There's thousands of children who do it. You can too.
A good way is to combine this with pomodoro. Let's say you wanna work for an hour, set a timer for 10-15 minutes and sit still, do nothing, when the timer goes off you work/study for an hour and then repeat. You don't need to do this all day, but for the first 2-4 hours maybe, and you'll get a lot more done when you follow this routine.
nahh that would make me go insane personally. The way I do it is I just force myself to find a way to enjoy what I must do. Don't wanna clean the house? Put a joe rogan podcast and go to town. Don't wanna work out? Go to the gym and have fun messing around, i'll probably do at least a few exercises from my program with intensity and reach failure on them. Don't wanna study? Go to a cafe or by the beach/park and get your studying materials with you. It really sets the mood and it automatically makes studying 10x more enjoyable. I can never study in my home especially not after experiencing the bliss of studying outside. No matter what mood I try to set in my house, I'm just simply more productive outside; I don't get brainfog, I don't need to take a break, my phone is significantly less distracting too -even though I have mobile data on, I don't have any urges to scroll instagram or watch a video. I just stare at nature instead until my head is cleared. Just get some coffee/tea for 5 bucks at a local cafe every time you have to study. Trust me, even if you go regularly and the costs of going to the cafe stack, it's worth the increased productivity and it's entertaining.
I don't have any more problems with procrastination, but I wish life was so simple. There are still problems with energy and purpose. Some days my mind just goes belly up and completely forgets about why I'm doing what I'm doing and starts questioning my journey. The entire day is ruined and I would have 0 mental energy to learn or improve at anything for that matter. I can just do mindless mundane things in such days.
@@tubax926That's really interesting, for me the environment unfortunately doesn't seem to have such an effect. Sure it's nice to read/study outside, but I lose focus the exact same way I would if I were at home.
What does have a dramatic impact though, is if I'm doing that thing with someone. For some reason, the social pressure coming from the other person is exactly what I need to pretty much skip procrastination all together and just do the thing. I really dislike the fact that I have to rely on other people for motivation though 😬
And I haven't been able to resolve that. I'm in uni studying engineering, and the only classes I failed were the ones that required a lot of boring homework that I just haven't been able to bring myself to do 💀
@@richeeg3271 hey man, everyone relies on something, it's okay. I rely on a good environment, I'm basically worthless at studying without it. There are plenty of ways to make it more accessible to include a person in your studying, and it comes with its own sets of challenges. I have to prepare a bag before going, worry about the environment, secure internet, procure food or prepare it at home before leaving, I might encounter noisy kids nearby, etc.
I'm sure it's quite challenging to have a reliable method for securing a study partner or something like that, but it's never gonna be easy for anyone. Hope that makes you feel better about relying on people.
@@richeeg3271 and when it comes to your goals, you have to sometimes think of people as tools. Treat them as real individual people when you meet and interact with them, but treat them as tools/means to achieve something, when it comes to planning. This allows you to be more consistent and lock your emotions out of it, but at the same time not fall into mania by treating everyone as objects. And you often are able to provide a more sustainable give and take relationship when you plan this way; the people you rely on will also benefit and thus be more inclined to be involved with your studies more often. It's a win win.
Maybe the fact that only other people can bring me to progress in my studies, is a sign of it not being the right path for me
People who procrastinate are the ones that can only take action under pressure. If there's no pressure...there's no need to take action yet. It's a problem.
You are so so right, I always say that if I don't have any pressure I can't do things, this is why I was never able to study for an exam more than one day before it, and I even can't study during the day before the exam, only at night, I'm starting uni this year so I'm curious to how it will go now on a different environment
for instance caused by childhood abuse. trust me, i would know. once its gone, its an endless "finally i can do whatever i want" party. and then you unconsciously expect SOMEONE to push you towards your goals. noone will. nothing happens. you feel crap and do either something or ....keep waiting.
its a damn tragedy, i wasted 20 years with this.
Not neccessarily. I can do things that I'm asked to do immediately without any pressure whatsoever. That is if I don't consider them stupid, a waste of time etc. But in case of action from my own initiative I agree. The only thing that can create pressure for me nowadays is death.
@@dirtyunclehubert how old are you now
@@fightinganimations1597 close to 40, close to game over. so much missed out on.
I think this is why I am so productive in school but not at home. I actually feel like doing work in class because I have nothing else to do
Exactly
Yes, every time I think I can finish an assignment at home instead of in class I end up finishing it in class the next day
That’s why homeschool not really working for me..
TRUE
For real
Omg you are so right!! 😂 This is the best advice ive heard in awhile. Thank you!
the way i motivate myself doing the most important things in my life is by realizing that literally no one else but me is going to do them. i have to do them or my life will be appreciably worse without having done them. even if they're scary and anxiety inducing (which is usually what stops me from doing them) i know deep down that i really don't have any other choice. it may take a while to finish them, but eventually i will if i just keep chipping away.
We all know that. It's just not motivating.
@@jeaniechampagne8831 i'm sorry it's not for you.
"Eliminate your ability to do anything other than the thing you need to do and you will do it" I will repeat this quote every single day until I'm out of my mom's house, thank you. I needed to hear it
@Guitarzen It's a mindset, not an axiom. Taking it literally is not a meaningful way to discredit the guy.
@Guitarzen it's not bad advice. To put it into perspective, I went through hurricane Maria, in Puerto Rico. We didn't have lights and water for months, that year I studied hard as hell, I had a little farm going, I actually CLEANED the property. Without social media. I had WAY too much free time, my brain preferred being productive instead of brain torture
@Guitarzen ok, and what's wrong with doing the necessary tasks??? Eliminating other things, means the things you don't NEED.
@@samsonquies7922 It's one thing to be FORCED to eliminate everything, and another to CHOOSE to actively eliminate everything. I can't lie to myself or my brain. If the thigns are there, I will find them.
@@egeniojaramillo9048 not enough will power
An old classmate was jailed for years. He performed horrible at school and dropped out. At jail he was so bored that he asked for school books and slowly started to enjoy studying. Eventually he finished high school with good grades.
So inspiring!
@@xiaonanz9411 uhh...
Step 1: go to jail. NOTED
@@leeroy14r60 whatever it takes godammit
I want this story to be true
This video is on point. I had the same thought, but this actually shows a way to put that thought to action. Hopefully, this helps me to get to the next step. Thank you.
I immediately watched it! This is different than any other videos I've watched it. Thank you I'm going to do that❤
I honestly never feel bored. I can entertain myself for hours with my daydreams alone. In college I would even reserve those private rooms in the library to get things done so no distractions and I would either daydream or fall asleep.
bro I hate this dumb comment I made
Well, I'm easily distracted AND I daydream a lot as well. And I actually get very good ideas when I'm daydreaming, the problem is that, when I'm about to put them on paper, I get distracted again .
@@badideabearcub2747 try turning on text to speech and ramble your thoughts out loud as they come to you, right into Google docs. Then , go back and edit your rambling text into a coherent story. I write books like this, and it truly was a game changer. ;)
@@sanityshorror 😂 why does that sound so hilarious? are these books anywhere I can read them
@@Parisroam still in the process of getting them ready to release lol
The worst part is that I've known this answer the entire time - I found it for myself. I just haven't put it into action and hence found myself watching this video instead. It's time to put this to action, life won't live itself. Good luck.
I feel this. I realized the same towards the end. I remembered I did this to myself years ago when I made myself disconnect my xbox and in the time that followed I taught myself to play guitar. I might need to do this again to up-level my skills in other areas.
Same, I’ve always knows how to do but never willing to
The thing is i don't have anything particular i have my interest in or something i want to do it, does anyone know what to do when u not know what to do in life?
@@arenz348 really? What do you want in life ,why do you do the things that you are doing. Start with WHY! What motivates you, keep doing those things that feeds your motivation. Work towards being a better version of yourself - trust me you will wish you had more time rather than feeling bored
@@harmonizewithme absolutely
I read The Alchemist by Paulo a few days ago and it made me realize a lot of things that I took so negatively in my life. It dramatically helped me with seeking what was right for me. So when I started this video , I realized that I needed to get my priorities straight and jump into what I've been avoiding. I'll watch your video after I'm done. Thank u for this video
Thank you for sharing this wisdom.
Gonna be harder for some people, I used to stay in my thoughts for hours rather than doing a simple 10 minute long math homework, it still happens to me quite often.
I could spend days in my thoughts. Hell, as long as I have basic necessities covered I don't even need material stuff, when my brain can visualize whatever I please.
@@julius43461 Literally the perfection of life
Same, and I rather enjoy it.
True. When bored my brain comes up with every interesting memory and experience I’ve ever had and then considers more.
Same. People with strong imaginations tend to procrastinate more I find because the brain can create its own entertainment to avoid doing the mundane task.
This concept reminds me of one of my favourite sayings:
YOU WON’T CHANGE UNTIL THE PAIN OF NOT CHANGING IS GREATER THAN THE PAIN OF CHANGING.
Too late by then.
Thanks matey. It's pretty awesome hearing this stuff having learned a lot of it the hard way. Subbed
Hey thanks man. I think I’ve recognized this before, but never thought of weaponizing it. Very cool stuff man!
The main reason for my procrastination is anxiety. "What if it will be hard or I fail or will be disappointed". Or that classical cognitive distortion "this thing is quick and I can do it later, no big deal". And you end up forgetting about that "quick and no big deal", leaving it for another day
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The one thing that seems to have helped me is failing intentionally and everytime the fear creeps up I say "so? " And once I realized that the world hadn't ended and i was ok with failing I could do my tasks knowing I can just start again.
I've been doing this almost every day for two weeks. I'll do it after lunch quickly becomes I'll stay up late and do it tonight which of course turns into I'll do it tomorrow repeating the whole cycle. AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
this is true
"procrastination is anxiety" nah, the real reason is in the video. You simply have more entertaining things to do, and these are just convenient excuses that you come up with to feel better about yourself spending time in less productive fashion.
I was procrastinating a lot recently and would perform my “distractions” everyday like scrolling through social media , reading non curricular based books and watching Netflix and now im actually so tired of them that im more interested in studying 😭 so I feel like I “deleted the distractions” by doing them too much
SAME. I’m just going to take a break from reading to focus on my grad school stuff
Yep been there.
I'd like to to cure my procrastination for a long time. And this video going to help me, I'm going to watch it later.
Killed procrastination with procrastination 😂
LMAO SAME
Thank you for the video❤❤
Greatest video of all time... Im going to delete my RUclips app now
Already deleted all games
Thank you from the bottom of my heart
How do you delete YT btw
By disabling or?
I moved to Japan when I was 12, and during the first month here, I had no internet. I had brought books from my homecountry just because, even thought I hated reading. Due to the boredom of that one month without internet, I decided to start reading. And guess what, I loved it! Boredom is truly the answer.
I do agree and reading always changes people life.
When i moved to a new house and had no internet it was one of the calmest periods of my life ever haha
For me it took a week in the psych ward cndjfjfedf and i have so much more books than i used to, the number before being 0
the issue is that the thing stopping me from doing assignments isnt finding them boring, its finding them anxiety inducing. When I do my assignment, that means i Have to think about my grades, my career, my financial situation, and its so hard to make myself do things because of it
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yeah but if you don’t do it then you’re gonna fail, which means bad grade which means worse chances of having a better financial situation
Reading the first half of The Happiness Trap and applying it's tactics has helped me tremendously with feelings and the ability to act, it might help you too :)
Practice mindfulness/meditation. Create daily/future goals. These will allow you to only focus on current tasks in the present rather than worrying about the past or future. Good luck :D
@@berkazu thank you for the suggestion ❤️
Thank you! I'll check this out on Monday.
Thanks. I REALLY NEEDED THIS!
I think this is solid advice for a lot of people, but not for those for whom procrastination stems from anxiety. We don't necessarily have a problem with too little motivation but too much fear of (another) failure.
Yep, my procrastination is all fear and anxiety driven, and shame as well.. I have never found a solution. I can meet work deadlines, but get nowt achieved in life things. This is especially bad with things like hobbies where I feel like I am useless and making a fool of myself, or some kind of sporting activity. I even gave up a walking group because I kept being the last in the group and felt so much shame.
Totally not me holding off on just sending a goddamn email asking for an apprenticeship or internship just from feeling inadequate in terms of skills. It's like I know I should just press send, I have all the emails drafted, I just can't bring myself to even send it since the studio I'm gonna ask is a very small passionate indie studio and I don't wanna be a problem for them, or just regarded as that skilless idiot who applied for smth that's way over my head. It sucks.
Still left on draft, haven't sent the goddamn email yet.
@@jorntumrongwit9056send it
@@jorntumrongwit9056I hope you went for it and sent the email!
Actually this works the exact same way regardless of the reason you're procrastinating. In fact, I'd say it's all the more valuable if you're suffering from anxiety. It's something you need to do and for lack of a more "entertaining/feel good" etc option, you will do it. Also, the more you do this, the easier it becomes, meaning your anxiety decreases.
Thank you so much for this video. This video was what i was looking for
Thank you so much! It's really helpful for me
I've heard this advice before and the problem is that I absolutely would do nothing. I already often spend a couple hours a day just thinking (even replaying thoughts over and over). My brain is really good at producing stimulating content for me, and an empty room won't turn that off, it'll exaggerate it
I am a lot like this, what tends to work for me is giving my brain something to focus on while tuning out the actual work, i.e. listening to music while writing or watching a show while cleaning, a lot of my procrastination comes from my thoughts and if I can tune out my thoughts then working isn't as hard. (PS, This only works for me if the thing that is distracting me isn't something I'm actively interested in, i.e. a show I've already watched or a playlist I listen to very often)
Same here. I'm not even sure if "wanting to play video games rather than study" counts as procrastination. It just makes sense people would rather do fun things. Procrastination is when you put off doing something you should for no real reason. When you'd rather stare at an empty wall or sit still and do nothing than start a task you "should" do but really don't want to. If procrastination was solved simply by turning off the TV or social media or whatever then it wouldn't even be an issue. I don't think the guy making this video has ever even experienced procrastination.
Bars
@@poika22 So in one sentence, you admit that people generally prefer to do fun things over productive things, then in the next sentence you admit that people simply don’t want to do what’s necessary to be productive. Then you phrase procrastination at the end as if it’s a disease; “Experiencing” procrastination 😂
@poika22 I literally procrastinate playing games too lmao. I have to do an assignment, procrastinate. Botw is so cool, I want to play it, procrastinate and don't even get to play. Just think... weird af!
“The most dangerous man is the one, that has nothing to lose. The most motivated man is the one, that is bored out of their mind.”
- Not Sun Tzu
Thank you! I saved the video to watch again in the future! 🔥👍🏻
It made me think for a while, i honestly needed to listed to this! Thanks!
But as someone with ADHD, this advice reminds me of (actually good advice) for getting things done: craft your environment for success. Put the things you need done in front of you and remove any and all potential distractions. Even things as simple as putting your water bottle on the nightstand so you drink water when you first wake up make a difference. Make success *simple.*
Or, for those who like metaphors, when a plant isn't thriving, you change the environment, not blame the plant.
F adhd. Worst thing in my life. At least I am trying now to manage it and this tip is very good!
@@LastKingLKArthur Smoke weed or take CBD, it's the only thing that allows me to zone in on one thing and get away from the ADHD
@@0taxz550 lmao if i smoke weed i do nothing with my life so no, was already in a weed hole in 2019
@@LastKingLKArthur The only thing that worked for me is having kids lol. Now that's how you craft your environment, not moving bottles left and right. You know how there is this idea that ADHD is not a disorder, but is basically a hunter's brain, and a hunter's brain is meant to always live on the edge and stay occupied all the time? Well, having kids definitely puts you into a permanent fight or flight mode, destroys your comfort levels, and voila! Suddenly work feels like a vacation, and learning inbound marketing is the most fun thing you will get to do.
More seriously, I wouldn't recommend someone to do that, but it did work for me. You might find another way, but without burning your ships and closing all the backdoors for good, you will never leave your comfort zone, and progress will be hard.
@@LastKingLKArthur Word
For me, sometimes the boring thing you're so afraid of is not boring at all and when you start working on it you get super excited and energetic. Nevertheless, you'd rather zombify yourself in front of a screen for the entire day and at at the end you're not only bored (what you wanted to escape in the first place but failed) but feel miserable and guilty for not accomplishing anything. Life can suck, doesn't it.
I see what you mean. The idea of that thing you must do feels hard and unappealing which is why you resist and often procrastinate and distract yourself from it even though you know you really have to get it done. But once you manage to sit down and get started it doesn't feel very bad. In fact it feels easy or nice getting it done. Sometimes like you said you feel excited and energetic about it. And wen your done it feels like an accomplishment.
🔨 the 🔩 on the ⚰️
The thing you said is the best advice I've seen for awhile and that says something for a entertainment addicted person like me. The mind ignores what it does not understand for what it is used to.
Unless given the cue to further explore and work towards new developments.
Sometimes all it takes is someone to tell you to get up, sometimes it takes more than that, and Sometimes you have to tell yourself to get up.
These feelings and the worthlessness that accompany them are the greatest causes of my depression
oh my fucking god yes. with my case, i find it harder when its a thing im passionate about bc i get too perfectionist and self-critical and being in that tug-of-war of emotions makes me want to pull away. its so much easier to just passively consume something that grants me instant gratification instead. i dont have to wrestle with my own mediocrity and face the Thing i have to do....ure not growing by any means nor doing something meaningful w ur life and in the long term that empty feeling wud grow deeper and harder to break away from but i cant break away that easy i fear
Thanks for letting us all know, hopefully you receive good news tomorrow. Good luck with your studies. We are all rooting for you.
realest video. so much advice on youtube and this actually is practical
I used to procrastinate all throughout my childhood and teenage years. It started with 2 hours then 4 and eventually I found myself procrastinating 8 hours. Towards the end, I even forgot the paging anxiety the task gave off. It was literally ruining my life (not to be too dramatic but it was). One day, I don’t know why or how, I just forced myself to do the task. Something that could get you to do what I did would be this video, to make yourself so bored that you would rather do the task. I also realized that the reason, the real reason why I procrastinate, was because I was scared and intimidated by the task. Conversely, when I finished the task, I realized it was never as bad as I imagined it was. That’s why imagining you already finished the task can also be a technique to get you started as well.
Your experience and perspective are very helpful. Thank you for taking the time to share!
* added to life tips list *
That's very true, I have a task I should do under this months cause I said I will finish it in that time, and I don't wanna do a bad job, and also yes I feel like I missing something to know how to actually do the task, I hope I can start well and gather my thoughts
this always helped me as well, but only for a limited amount of time, or only for a specific task. I somehow can't apply this to everything. Procrastination is still ruining my life, or more so, perfectionism. I procrastinate to avoid the bad feelings that come with certain tasks. I wish there was a cure, but it seems like a daily battle honestly.
The issue for me though is that I don't get bored "doing nothing," because my thoughts are almost always more than enough to keep me entertained. Oftentimes when I procrastinate, I'm not even doing something else, I'm often just doing nothing other than thinking to myself. I have enough to think about and ponder, and enjoy thinking to myself enough, that sitting around with nothing to do doesn't bore me, at least not enough to motivate me to do something I don't want to do. Heck, oftentimes in my free time I end up just doing nothing anyway, like I'll bring a thing for me to do like read a book I like or play a favorite video game or something with me or even just have my phone on me, and then just end up not touching it and do nothing but think to myself about things instead. Doing certain things (like maybe the thing I have to do that I'm procrastinating on) do bore me, but being alone left with nothing but my own thoughts does not bore me because I can keep myself entertained with just that. I do that all the time. "Doing nothing" is one of the very things I use as a distraction; therefore I'm kinda stuck, since thinking to myself is the one distraction that is impossible to put away, it's always available no matter what, it's the backdoor I can't eliminate.
Why are you me... I'm the same. Bring something like a book or notes or I download a productive app to multitask with and then don't touch it. I'm perfectly satisfied just thinking about mundane topics to get me through the day and it just leaves me stuck unfortunately.
Despite it, try eliminating all the backdoors you can. Maybe when you take a break from the backdoors you can't eliminate, you might feel like doing the shit you need to do
not the point but you write beautifully
@@angelface333 Explain the point, I thought the video was about removing things that are more entertaining/stimulating than the thing you're trying to get done
What if doing nothing but just thinking is too entertaining?
@@voreincorporated3056 i was saying that the point was not their writing skills… it was an off topic compliment
I'm going to put this in my watch later playlist! Can't wait to see what it's about!
Thanks for doing this video. I watch videos like this to alleviate the boredom AND to convince myself that I'm really trying. So. Hard. See, inner critic, this is my third anti-procrastination video today! Seriously, I'll give it a try.
"Boredom is not boring." - Artem Boytsov
If you sit with yourself, in solitude, you're not really alone. Most of what we do to 'procrastinate' is actually just the way we run from ourselves and our thoughts. If the idea of being still for a few hours sounds worse than being electrocuted, clearly in some way, you are afraid of your own mind.
We're blameless here, the world is mentally sick, most of us are traumatised in some way or another. But the option is always here to just... stop, and be with yourself in silence. Face the agony and fear of boredom, and through that be loving and content with the ordinariness of just being yourself. Then you see that the world was open to you all along. ❤
Well said!
Very beautifully put 👍🏼
yess i agree- i mean this is what meditation is all about
I think people used to call this prayer
@@arkelon Prayer is definitely not confronting yourself. Its placing all your issues into your faith. If that works for you then fine. However this is not what the original comment is portraying
i always tell myself “why suffer twice when you can suffer once”
having anxiety before starting tasks makes the anxiety during the task/assignment much worse due to the time wasted with irrational thought- thus creating more exhaustion. motivation comes from action. often times i feel much better mentally working towards progress than avoiding it. then in the end, i realize there was no inherent suffering during the task (most of the time).
it is SO easy to scroll, sleep, eat, procrastinate, loath, etc. than to use your working memory. so by eliminating the initial suffering/anxiety gives me more energy to focus on what’s important.
i also say this as i’m procrastinating an assignment due tmrw. if anything, this motto has helped my self-critical/ irrational thought process when it comes to school. although i still find myself procrastinating- my mindset and knowing my ability to get stuff done eases my stress and preserves my energy for bigger things.
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This sounds like good advice. I will try it out it out in the morning
i think like this and got into the habit of speedrunning my classes on the first week of class. I dont go outside or talk to anyone in that week. It is stressful, but then i have so many weeks to not worry about school, meanwhile my classmates are all struggling and worrying about deadlines.
"Motivation comes from action" I love that
so useful, changed my mind completly. thank you
Thanks man, appreciate the video
This doesn’t really solve the issue of self-control though. If you are already disciplined enough to be able to commit to a boredom isolation, you don’t actually have an issue with procrastination. The real problem is committing to any of these solutions without breaking.
@@pentree986you don’t need to have a solution to a problem to point out said problem. If a busted pipe is leaking into my apartment I don’t need to be a plumber to go “oh, that’s not good, we should probably fix that.” and I also don’t need to be a plumber to know that the chosen solution is only sometimes fixing half of the problem. Or now the water has stopped leaking everywhere but we don’t have hot water anymore and the whole apartment now has water damage. I don’t need to know how to nor be able to fix that to go “hey this is a problem that is fucking up my life, it needs to be fixed”.
@@pentree986 get good, scrublord. Chug a coffee and simply get good.
ikr, if I'm the one who locked myself in the room, why won't I just walk out when I'm bored? Discipline is still needed.
@@pchris Of course it's needed. No one said dopamine regulation works like magic.
Point is you can't really use willpower to force yourself to do hard things, but if you can use will power to avoid dopamine stimulation, after a certain period of time your baseline dopamine levels will restore and you will have the drive to delay gratification and do what you're supposed to do.
Procrastination, I can just lie here and think about it for hours. RUclips is my poison. I need to be able to detox from it and social media.
In my experience as someone with ADHD, this had very minimal success because even while permanently grounded until 18 (my grades determined what I was allowed to do), my mind always found ways of keeping occupied instead of doing the task at hand.
try harder then and stop giving up because of adhd. I have adhd too but I don't use it as an excuse - if I choose not to get stuff done then that's on me.
@@megsley that’s way easier said then done. Most people with ADHD can’t control when their minds decide to wonder, and that does gets in the way to do stuffs like school work. Personally I couldn’t get anything done bc of it, and that’s a problem I was only being able to solve by professional help and medicine, trying harder just simply was not enough.
@@megsley The equivalent of 'just stop being depressed bro'
@@megsley thanks I'm cured
@@megsley Neurotypical moment
It is an enlightenment to realise the second side of life.
The contrast of your beliefs as to how the life looks to you at first glance of everyday.
You'll always see the second side of coin, when you are in the position to see so.
Things were different for me, in a manner such that I couldn't live normal like others (to interpret it better, to live the life, beyond dealing with problems).
But, being in this position allowed me to see the second side of the coin, for which I am grateful to god to put me in such position to show me the other side.
Life can't be same for everyone, but attempts are many for everyone. The attempt to come out of hole in their mind.
Thank you.......for enlightening videos.
This is good solid advice that I think will work for me. Thank you for the video. I'll try this.
You're severely underestimating my ability to lie flat on the ground and stare at the ceiling for HOURS. lol. I promise you, my brain has mastered the art of avoiding whatever it is I need to do. Plus, I'm an introverted only child so I had no problem being a hermit even when I lived in a literal laundry room in NYC 😅. I would just listen to music for hours (which I know I would deprive myself of in the "empty room" of course, but I'd also meditate, stretch, sleep, do breathing exercises, write songs and sing, etc...My problem is my imagination is so active, I can entertain myself with visuals and stories in my mind's eye for days. The only thing that would maybe work for me is if someone set up a "terror chamber" of sorts, where anytime I stopped working for 5 seconds, a flying cockroach would be released into the room. I could probably get all of my work done for the entire year in less than a week that way 😅
I'm beginning to realize that the only times I can remember ever being truly bored (aside from when I HAVE to do a work task or adult life task) is when I've been around other people who are boring, or when I'm stuck at an event that's boring. If I'm just alone in a quiet room, forget about it. I'm in my own magical world and it's lightyears better than editing another video...ugh.
Same here. I realise I've always had an amazing ability to dissociate for hours at any point during the day if faced with an even slightly mentally demanding task. Fixing procrastination for me (and others like me) could start with actively recognising the dissociation and pulling myself out of it - although this is way harder when I'm tired as hell. Good sleep, diet, and exercise might help with that, I guess?
Also, the flying roach room idea sounds terribly wonderful, lmao. We'd be too powerful on MRT (motivational roach therapy)
To be honest the moment he said it's boring my mind immediately wanted me to do it broy mind really wanted to prove this guy wrong bro rlly reverse psychology on me
So basically what you're telling me is, is that you're always high
@@RetroAlex125 haha! That's interesting and I've actually never thought about it that way...like my brain is wired to be constantly "high" maybe? I've always felt really lucky to be able to entertain myself in my own head without any substances no matter where I am or what my state of mind is. I actually don't like weed because the only thing it does to me is make me tired and nauseated. (And yes I've tried many strains/forms because I live in CO and almost everyone thinks there's a magical strain that will work for me so I kept trying, but gave up a few years ago ha.)
😂just like me,maybe you are an infp
DO WHAT SCARES YOU.
We procrastinate because we feel fear. And the more we avoid the task, the more fear we feel. When we start doing it, fear initially rises, but then goes down again. You do the thing and you feel better. The next day you are less scared and try again. Eventually the fear isn't a problem anymore or even it goes away. You have done the thing for days, weeks, months. Some days you were lazy, other days overworked... But in general you just didn't give up. Now your work has been evolving, and you have freed yourself from the procrastination trap. You feel proud, free, capable, and less scared. This is what doing what scares you brings to your life.
Needed this so much, thank you! Will try this out
But how can i be scared from studying?
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"To stop feeling fear" sounds like a good reason to stop procrastination
@@man58652 your brain does this weird thing called cognitive dissonance. Since you (and most people) keep putting off studying the brain thinks this task must be horrible, otherwise why wouldn't we just do it? We start getting negative feelings and stress when we think about it and postpone it yet again. Despite it not being very scary, these feelings will be similar to regular fear
But simplified but that's the gist of it
awesome video bro you had me hooked
this makes so much sense! Thank you
My procrastination is from fear. I adore art, have spent a fortune on supplies, but don't do a thing with it for fear of failure. Heard it all before, don't be afraid just jump in and forget it. Easier said then done
I am in the same boat. The fear of never creating what I have in my head, the fear of never achieving what I 'can'. Seeking perfection when I know I'll never be as good as I want to be.
It's so difficult to get through and make stuff.
Hope you find some inspiration or freedom from perfectin soon, good day ❤
Do you watch Struthless videos? He's an artist too.
Swatch your colors. Test your brushes.
But surely you know that there's artists out there getting paid for shoddy work? I'm looking at AI generated art that I paid for wondering how a graphic designer didn't see that his characters had 11 fingers 😮💨
My fear is not completing the task. I need to sort out photos and create a family history album but just never get starred. A lot of the time I just forget that I want to do it!
It's difficult especially when you distract yourself with chores or beneficial stuff like exercise or planning meals. It tricks me into feeling productive and this will help me (even if it kinda will) but the truth is I'm just piling more of these to distract myself from what I actually need to do
so relatable..
lmaoooo glad im not the only one
Relate to this so much!!
The empty room idea stops working when nobody forces you to stay there. There's always the door out.
@@dingdong2103 true.. willpower is all. If theres a will theres a way
wow thank u this is actually a life changing video!
Wow, thanks for uploading this! ❤ gonna watch it later.
00:00 Resistance to good habits is a common problem.
01:19 The solution to procrastination is boredom.
02:31 Eliminate distractions to increase productivity.
03:42 Being alone with thoughts is hard, people prefer to electrocute themselves than to be bored
05:01 Eliminating distractions makes productive tasks more entertaining.
06:19 Environmental conditioning can facilitate a mindset of creativity and productivity.
07:52 Maximize productivity by removing distractions
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Thank you!! I was not about to listen to this whole video with how slow he gets to the point just to hit the 10 minute mark
@@Kiwiaqthere's a reason we're all watching the procrastination video, we ain't doin nothing important 😂
You can always just speed it up... @@Kiwiaq
we need more people like you
i am not smoking K2 are you crazy?
The really hard part for me is that most of the things I am supposed to do are in the same exact environment as the things that entertain me (my computer, and sometimes my phone). I have never had issues keeping an exercise routine because exercise happens away from all that stuff. But making progress in something on my computer and not going to different websites and stuff is hard. And the blocking apps simply don't work for me.
have you tried cold turkey blocker? Once I put it on it works really good for me and helped me in a pinch alot (e.g. the last days in before an exam, where I had to start studying or would fail if I wouldnt)
I think that's why people with self-discipline are so attractive to me these days. Like, that shit is SO impressive. It's VERY hard to get the important things done in this day and age, when distraction, and shitty choices, are a click away.
this is exactly my problem. the VAST majority of my assignments are to be done and turned in online. I can't just temporarily block my primary entertainment apps and websites because I'll probably need google for something and I will absolutely go down a weird research rabbit hole instead of completing the thing that's due in 3 hours
EXACTLY, i watch coding tutorials on youtube and there's always temptation to browse or watch some entertaining videos like this one.
@@azizmukhsinov5629 Get DF youtube extension.
This was very helpful. Thank you.
I really appreciate your advice.
I was listening to a podcast that said, “it’s important to live life by design rather than emotion. Basically, sticking to a routine is what allows us to be the healthiest version of ourselves (especially when you're fighting these demons ex. OCD for me).
I’ve had to overhaul how I approach studying, working out and taking care of my brain (journaling) by practising mediocre consistency. Now I try to put in consistent 50-60% effort into my studying, exercise and journaling habit - to make sure I do it I began recording it and posting it on YT.
Because historically I have a habit of going too hard, not being able to sustain the Herculean effort, giving up and hating myself. So now I’m trying to give a small, consistent mediocre effort everyday. And its crazy how it adds up.
What’s the podcast
@@myninja0001 pretty sure its this episode, its an ocd podcast but I think the main points can be extrapolated + helpful to everyone: ruclips.net/video/CGyW1Rp1Y2g/видео.html&ab_channel=TheOCDStories
Same same saaaaame broooo
It's not mediocre
Kaizen
"Inaction is a slow death" this is the perfect discription of the problem. But also thanks for this simple and effective video. It helps you realize that its either you're out of focus and needed a reminder. Maybe you truly despise what you're delaying. Or it's finally the time to get the professional help you know you need.
Just existing is a slow death. More or less, slow.
Meditação é pura inação...apenas ser.
Legit same as this video. It's super slow
I don't think distractions are the problem. The problem is not wanting to deal with uncomfortable tasks. But I also realize that worrying about the tasks that I'm avoiding is probably worse than just dealing with them.
Thank you for the advice
This video has been on my watchlist for a year. Finally watching.
When nobody else celebrates you, learn to celebrate yourself.
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It’s amazing how free you feel when you finally do the thing you’ve been putting off for a long time. For me, there are some things that I’ve literally put off for years. Things that would honestly take 30 minutes or less to do. I wonder how many to-do lists I have that contain these same things over and over and over until I either give up and let it go or finally do them.
I heard a quote once…
“The only shortcut to success is to avoid all of that time wasted procrastinating.”
Nah, cause then it reminds me that I only did 1 of the 1000 other things I’ve not done
@@trevnti better than 0
I feel worse when I've done things. So it doesn't work for me.
Really? I just wish i never had to do it at all. Or i go "ugh. Finally. Onto the next thing i dont want to do until i die"
Thank you. Will try this. Hoping for more success in being productive!
Just doing is powerful! All you need is to get started. Stay Uncommon!
Great advice thank you.
It's unbelievable how averse people are to being "bored"-that's why practicing intentional mindfulness and stillness are *essential* for gaining ultimate self-mastery.
yep. if you're constantly meditating or in a mindfulness state your thoughts won't "rush" you as soon as there is a gap in external stimulation. you'll just continue to be. additionally, i haven't felt that crushing "bored" feeling in like 10 years maybe more. It absolutely blew my mind that so many people chose electrocution over just sitting... like are they in the room for 8+ hours??? I absolutely cannot even wrap my head around it
@@poprockies if i remember correctly some people shocked themselves within as little as 15-20 minutes lol. i couldn't believe it either.
Boredom to me is a natural compulsion to act upon the environment, largely to extract energy from it. If I get nothing from it, boredom turns to frustration, and my creative mind conjures methods to stimulate my senses within seconds. I turn against my fellow man in spirit, in totality, and blame him for my circumstance, for it could never be my choice to be so masochistic. If it is my choice, then let it be the choice of my imaginary alter-ego who is part of me and betrays me for its own sadistic pleasure. Boredom is as bad as depression, and far more demanding.
@@poprockies i would shock myself too it just sounds funner than nothing
this is extremely good advice...
However I have the 'issue' that I can entertain myself very well for several hours with my thoughts, so the threshold for me to start actually getting bored is too high to integrate it as a strategy into my average life
I’m the same way. I can live in my daydreams for hours.
@@LarimaBeyondBorders so let's find a way to solve procrastination together :D
@@LarimaBeyondBorders You may have a problem called Maladaptive Daydreaming,
Oml same. For this tactic to have any sort of effect on me, I’d have to wait maybe 4+ hours (and even then it may not work) or if just have to have no exposure to outside media at all. Daydreaming is very fun, and with my imagination I have way too much fodder for it already.
Same here, is so fucking horrible, I already abandoned university because of that, I really wanted to overcome the problem when I entered, I tried and tried but the time doesn't wait for anybody, and the assignments started to accrue until it was too much to even try.
I miss that moments when I had the hyperfocus due to leaving everything for the last minute, but little by little, that small advantage began to fade.
I'm gonna start a new degree, I'm still trying but I'm too scared.
Hope anyone in this situation can get over it.
Great video!! Super practical (also very entertaining)!!
It’s weird that I just fall onto this video in a moment in my life where I know what I need to do I just won’t do it because my autism looks at boring things as unproductive when it’s actually the other way around, good video dude thanks 👍🏼✨
Literally just saved my life
Just my personal tips that work for me
1. Start by clearly laying out your goals and doing a self reflection journal each and every month to look for patterns in your behaviors, behaviors you want to eliminate and behaviors you want to focus on. The monthly reflective journal is a great tool for me at least to know if I'm truly staying on track.
2. Stop lying to yourself, Start removing stuff from your life that you know is bad for you and is getting in the way of your dreams. I haven't used social media in months, I don't watch porn anymore, I quit alcohol, I'm keeping a food journal to stop overeating.
3. Failure is okay, you could fail 100s of times before you eventually start to improve. The whole point of success is that you keep at it until you are successful. And success looks different for everybody. Build resilience
4. Its about a mindset change, recognize that nobody is gonna make it happen but you, you need to get your ass in gear and get moving.
5. Get a calendar of sorts and pick some stuff you want to do everyday, every week and so on and start tracking what you're doing everyday. Eventually you will become addicted to seeing yourself marking down the amount of days you practiced a language, didn't get drunk, or even read a chapter in a book.
6. Heart should always beat mind, if you truly really wanna help yourself you know what's good for you and what isn't. Live your life trying to do things that are good for you. Burn images of times you failed into your mind and remember those the next time you go to do something you don't want to do anymore. For example, I have a big problem with overeating, I ordered these McDonalds fries and they were soggy and gross, now every time I go to order fast-food I remember those nasty fries and I suddenly don't want fast-food anymore.
Wow thank you :) I am going to save that!
@@Yourhighnessnona Of course! I find that I only respond to rigorous tracking and writing to keep me on track, but these tips might not work for everybody that's why everybody should pick and choose stuff that works for them and build their own self-growth plan.
Great info
Thanks for taking the time to write that!
Thank you so much .... I will be using your tips in the future :)
I'm curious how well this really works for those with maladaptive daydreaming. I think if I got put in an empty room with nothing to do but the task i really didn't want to do, there would still be a ton of procrastination with me pacing around and my brain in daydream mode.
You’re just like me fr
"All I’ve ever done is dream. That, and only that, has been the meaning of my existence. The only thing I’ve ever really cared about is my inner life. My greatest griefs faded to nothing the moment I opened the window onto my inner self and lost myself in watching.
I never tried to be anything other than a dreamer. I never paid any attention to people who told me to go out and live. I belonged always to whatever was far from me and to whatever I could never be. Anything that was not mine, however base, always seemed to be full of poetry. The only thing I ever loved was pure nothingness" ~ Fernando Pessoa
I was thinking the exact same thing.
For example, I have to do the dishes, so I go into the kitchen and get ready to do them. But then I slowly start to think of something and begin to daydream about that. And end up not doing anything.
Yep. Inattentive ADHD here. I wish I could get a job daydreaming. I’d be rich!😂
yep. Staring at a blank wall is unironically more entertaining than studying physics. A lot of these self improvement NPCtubers that say "do this do that to stop procrastination!" or say "this is the painful answer to fixing your life" or whatever, they never account for maladaptive daydreaming, or ADHD, or many other neurodivergent disorders.
Just added to watch later. Might watch some day
Saved it in my Watch Later, thanks bud
I learned this through 8 years of school (for a “4 year” degree).
The greatest trick I learned in all that extra schooling I had to take was that in order to learn, you have to force yourself into a position of forward engagement. I wasn’t interested in learning because that academic stuff was far less engaging than video games (of which I’ve had a particularly addictive predisposition to all my life). So forcing myself to stay on campus and go to the library by making sure I always had hour+ breaks in between at least two classes so I wouldn’t be tempted to go home and play games was critical. After awhile, I found that the real progress I was finally making towards graduation (plus the thrill of actually learning something) was becoming motivation in and of itself. I started going to the library AFTER school as well, and setting goals to finish at least one to two assignments before allowing myself to go home to my comfort zone.
Case in point, this video is excellent advice.
Wow this post literally summarized my college experience as well. I also was heavily invested into video games except for me I treated it as something I would crash to at night after my schoolwork was done for the day, but there were quite a few times I would binge. I fully agree that the step to move forward is through pushing yourself instead of seeking instant gratification. I was on school campus as well trying to keep myself occupied on my studies more and also it helped mellow out my head a bit since overall university atmosphere especially around the library and coffee shops was pretty quiet and chill. For me it changed the same way it did for you to finally reach the goal of graduation. It worked for my bachelors, then to my masters with some hiccups in between and even after. But the drive to continually progress has always been there. Thanks for your post.
I realised that a few years ago too. and it's worked (I stayed after school for the limited time that they let me) but there is no library nearby, so i'm forced to be home after 5pm. and I hate it. I don't know what to do, how to make home a setting where I won't have the opportunity to do something else. and my grades are going down. I don't know what to do.
@@harinirajesh3838 I’m not sure where you’re living at, but it sounds like a fairly small town. These days, since I’m out of school and dont have access to the same academic settings (but I still sometimes need to get work done on my computer) I’ll go to a cafe with wifi and plug in headphones and pop on some lofi. I will say that in my experience, it is technically possible to transition your home into a place to get work done, but it’s very difficult to do consistently and requires some rearranging (unplugging nearby consoles or tvs or altogether setting up a specific workspace if you have a spare room, which most students dont).
Just from your comment alone though I can tell you care, and you’re here on this video like the rest of us trying to find a way to make it all happen, so you’re already on the right track man.
Thanks for sharing bro I’ll remember this
@@derekgornall thanks :) for now I'm gonna put my phone away at designated hours - hopefully the sheer boredom gets me studying
Bro…I have been searching years and year for a deep psychological breakdown of why my brain feels like it holds me hostage into being lazy, while everyone seems to have it all figured out, saying things like “just do it.” Your videos really dive deep and give me the science behind it all, and I feel like I can win this long battle of laziness
"holds me hostage into being lazy" damnn i really relate to that!
story of my life here
The most important thing is dont set your goals too high. Dont say: "Oh from this day I will never procrastinate again, I will do all my work, work out, eat healthy, clean my room and do alllll the good stuff."
That wont work lol. Just try to pick one thing. Do it a little better. Dont ever aim for perfection. NOT EVER!!! It is fuel for the procrastinating demon inside us!
Consider ADHD?
@@justinfung4351 I did but definitely not me
thanks for sharing this 👍
I really needed this vid.
i genuinely think this is one of the main reasons behind meditation. sit in a dark room for 20 mins with nothing but your thoughts see how much focus you'll have for your work afterwards.
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@@leikeize4781 meditation with music, even though that can just lead your internal dialogue to focus on the music too hard instead of just listening to your thoughts
When i meditate i start seeing visuals mostly colour, geometical patterns all sorts of random and very fast changing stuff, i like it especially doing it in the sun, idk his advice with a room with nothing in it would work for me if i force my eyes open or else my mind goes on journey.
"Eliminate your ability to do anything other than the thing that you need to do, and you will do it!"
That's powerful!
And also impossible...
Nah its not impossible ive done it before. You do it by doing a bunch of things you love so much until it becomes boring in one day. Not easy to do and wouldnt recommend it though
@@thewingedpotato6463 Well if you view it as a guiding PRINCIPLE, and not 100 percent literal, then it shouldn't be impossible.
Wdym this is EXACTLY what I wanna hear! Thank you!
Saving to watch later.Thanks
I'm active military and the thing that works for me is basically what the Army taught me to do: Just learn to enjoy the fact that it sucks. It's a bit stupid and I find myself completing tasks as if they were missions, but the productivity percentage is really high if you have adopted the same sort of mindset that I've learned to adapt to over the years.
Can you explain this some more? Love to learn this
@@tumblingrosesstudio same
That is also called brainwash.
Discomfort builds strength, love the fact that shit sucks and you will come out a better man.
I really like that one. There is something exilerating about pushing through something that sucks if you see yourself as being on a mission
This is not a "fact of life". Being absolutly bored doesn't always beats procrastination because not always it comes from boredom. To some of us it comes from anxiety, the tasks we need to do makes us so anxious we'd prefer do nothing and leave it for later. That's why deadlines set us up to finally doing them, the stressor is much bigger there than the task. Fixing this anxiety is much harder than normal procrastination
That's what I thought. I don't even find my tasks boring, nor my brain does imo. It's more about emotions around the things I really want to do and the fact that scrolling trought tiktok for 2 hours is a no-brainer, emotionless, easy thing and my goals require some dedicated mindspace as to not burnout, or get caught in stress.
you should watch that how to stop escaping video
I think that's a very different problem. I don't think it takes away from the point of the video, but it's definitely something boredom does not solve.
Your mind isn't bored when you stare at a wall out of anxious indecision. Your mind is if anything overstimulated and overwhelmed, and learning to manage that is a whole other can of worms.
I agree, procrastination is more complex than that.
ive heard from somewhere that u can turn anxiety into motivation
100% true, thank you
I have heard about it but never have the motivation, I think I will try doing it more often now. Man I wish I have an office space and bedroom separated that would make life so much easier
You're awesome, thanks.❤