Procrastination

[Yarrow]

This is a somewhat long article, but it was a good read and got me thinking about alternatives to beating procrastination.

Capable psychonauts who think about thinking, about states of mind, about set and setting, can get things done not because they have more will power, more drive, but because they know productivity is a game of cat and mouse versus a childish primal human predilection for pleasure and novelty which can never be excised from the soul. Your effort is better spent outsmarting yourself than making empty promises through plugging dates into a calendar or setting deadlines for push ups.

Procrastination « You Are Not So Smart

 

[planetweirdo]

Great article.

 

[mikebird]

Yes.

For me: headshaking exercise by myself surrounded by plenty of mixed people
determinedly increasing what I do each time... which I've always done since 1999 without stopping

Secondly, thinking of others and their news and wishing I was like them
with stout social stamina with low esteem
memories & reflection on my mistakes spurred by photos & music, or without