Submitted by Fast_Ad7959 t3_10wfr7s in GetMotivated
-Paxom- t1_j7oxbyh wrote
Currently procrastinating on finishing an assignment. Locked myself in with the task for days. Took a day off to do it. Have all the resources. The time. All I needed to do was start. I ended up having a breakdown. I made myself physically sick with vertigo trying to willpower my eay through it. I don't know how you can just look at a phrase like this and be cured. Its like trying to psyche yourself up to step of a ledge. The body doesn't move. Can't begin to apply logic to an issue or rational aproaches when I'm behaving irrationally against my own will.
atgrey24 t1_j7p8ht4 wrote
Small bites is the only thing that helps me. Instead of the task being "finish this paper today" it becomes "write one sentence in the next 5 minutes"
Honestly, I even often make it "write a BAD sentence, fix it later".
Once I get started I can get into a flow, but you're right that getting started is the hard part.
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