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Discussion on: You will not do it later (most likely) - I'm a procrastinator, I know

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Gonçalo Rodrigues

Often times, when I procrastinate too much, I realize that I have a task that is actually not worth doing. It doesn't bring enough value to justify the effort. In those cases, I reevaluate if I need to actually do it.
In other cases, I am actually misinterpreting how much effort it is. It seems too hard and that's why my brain decides to procrastinate. In those cases I spend 5-30mins breaking down the task into smaller tasks and suddenly I am motivated to do it.

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Keff

Good point, I've seen myself doing some tasks that are not worth doing instead of the ones I should be doing xD

I never remember to do the spliting of tasks, I will try to do it!

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tq-bit

This. It's like writing a cheat sheet for your exam and, when finishing, realize you don't need it anymore. Sometimes just dealing with the topic at hand beats the inner lazy-cat