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OMG this post is so freaky itβs beautiful π What happened there JM? π Iβm a bit depressed these days, I also desperately need this kind of weed π
But I agree with the bottom line, procrastination is the sign you avoid something that freezes your ability to act. Finding what exactly is that and eliminating it is the key.
But itβs so gd hardβ¦
Hey glad you like it!
What happened is that I'm a lazy dev and for a while I tried too hard to follow the injonctions of others until I realized that's exactly how I should be. See here
I am a lazy developer
Jean-Michel (double agent) γ» Apr 3
Now that I'm fine with being myself, it's not that hard anymore.
Procrastination has saved my bacon numerous times. As a recent example, an answer on StackOverflow that I needed did not exist two months ago. Had I not procrastinated on that very topic for several months, I would have been stuck. Someone else's answer saved me a ton of hair pulling and stress and was only made possible by procrastinating!
I wasn't idle though. I was just busy working on other useful things.
I like this, treating procrastination as a tool to help you rather than an enemy is something I never would have thought of. Brilliant.
Think of procrastination like fever.
You have fever and it's unconvenient.
But fever is helpful symptom that something isn't right.
Fever is not the real issue, it's a symptom.
Procrastianation is not a real issue you should destroy, it's a symptom.
The real question:
Thank you for such an amazing post!
Congrats! I just L O V E D this article! Very very cool!
Muito obrigado San :)
Yep, we're underrating that monkey. It helps to direct your course in the right direction if listen to it attentively.
There is another good TED talk on this topic β The surprising habits of original thinkers | Adam Grant . It turns out that people somewhere in the middle between pre-crastinators and procrastinators benefit the most.
However, I think Oscar should implement the first and the most straightforward solution. Just set a small goal to become able to do some number of push-ups/pull-ups or ideally complete each exercise in the workout, etc. As long as this goal is achieved, move to the next one. In my experience, going with the flow without a concrete goal doesn't work. I actually wrote about this yesterday:
A Simple Technique to Achieve Your Goals with Consistent Action
Daniel Rendox γ» Jul 3 γ» 4 min read
What if the reason I procrastinate is that I don't like exercising?
I have tried and find going to the gym boring.
Being "disciplined" in doing always the same thing is just not for me.
Instead I do sports that I actually like.