Sleep longer when I should get out of bed. Let my thoughts drift when I’m supposed to be studying. Procrastinate in general.
When I don’t feel like doing my to do list for example I take a deep breath and I think about all the benefits of a to do list.
Sleep in to long sometimes it’s ok but when it becomes everyday then I seem to get behing. Sit around, munch, get behind and dream about doing things tomorrow and hope to but think about possibly failing again the next day.
I start with one small step of one small task. When I complete that I usually get motivation to do more.
The more I don’t feel like doing something, the more I realize I really need to do it. I’m a very cerebral kind of person, so thinking about why I don’t want to do a particular thing, or better yet, why I originally wanted to accomplish that particular item, can be very motivating and enlightening for me. But really when it comes down to it, I work best when I don’t allow any excuse, even a good one, from interfering with my success. Just do it, no matter what. The more you raise the priority of your success the more success you’ll have, and oftentimes depression and anxiety will recede.
Self compassion tools and exercises by Kristen Neff. Not pressuring myself has actually become the most crucial way in which I feel motivation because when I was down and couldn’t or wouldn’t do things I would only get more down on myself by saying I should or need to do something. Being compassionate and understanding and kind to myself through struggles has allowed me to slowly become more self regulated when I view to-do lists instead of daunted and discouraged by past failures and self loathing. Meditation is another long term tool I’m using to help with this process.
The thing is I usually succumb to it so I don’t usually make the right choice or or get better and the situation but eventually I come out of it so that’s the light at the end of the tunnel
I always think the ability to recognize there is a choice is important. I can do this or that but I am the one choosing. To realize that I am feeling like not doing something is a feeling, the same as feeling like doing something. May be the point is to just be aware of the feeling
Sometimes I rearrange my to do list. Instead of doing a bunch of exhausting chores, I’ll do at least 3. 3 is my magic number because usually it includes the essentials like: dishes, laundry, and cleaning off the counters
Procrastinate until i have no time to do it and use thatas an excuse to not feel bad about skipping something i would like to do!
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