To Stop Procrastinating, Start by Understanding the Emotions Involved

Re:To Stop Procrastinating, Start by Understanding the Emoti... by dasboth on Wednesday September 02, 2015 @05:33AM (#10158207)

I'm trying the whole "surf less, meditate more" thing but I find motivation to meditate quite low on "good" days. When I feel like crap for having procrastinated, sure, give me some of that meditation, but on a day where I feel fine, I easily persuade myself I don't need it.

One thing I've tried to do is do household chores when I feel the procrastination urge. It's still procrastination but at least it's a bit more useful than playing video games.

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Re:To Stop Procrastinating, Start by Understanding the Emoti... by Dinoso on Wednesday September 02, 2015 @09:52AM (#10159104)

I tried a lot of things and the only thing that seem to be working is putting all websites on HOST file (Win/Sys32/Driver/etc) and blocking them there. I block all addictive sites all week except Friday Night and weekend. It worked for 2 consecutive weeks. Today I got another laptop and can't do the blocking (don't have admin rights), so I'm back to surfing again.

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