Procrastination is driven by our desire to avoid difficult emotions, says expert

Re:Procrastination is driven by our desire to avoid difficul... by superasn on Tuesday June 16, 2020 @07:38AM (#23537946)

For me the biggest help has been David D. Burns (the author of feeling good) technique called the TIC-TOC technique(1).

It's basically like a Pros and Cons list but targeted to cure procrastination but identifying the cognitive distortions in the TICs (or task-interfering cognitions). It has been so helpful for me that I ended up writing a small web-app for myself to do this whenever I don't feel like doing anything!

(1) http://www.elizakingsford.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/TIC...

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Re:Procrastination is driven by our desire to avoid difficul... by ddlec on Tuesday June 16, 2020 @07:47AM (#23538008)

Mind sharing a link to your web-app? I ask this while actively procrastinating from work.

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Re:Procrastination is driven by our desire to avoid difficul... by superasn on Tuesday June 16, 2020 @07:54AM (#23538064)

Sure, it's here: https://www.feelhappy.win/app.html#/dashboard

It's not just this TIC-TOC thing but I've kinda converted all his CBT exercises like Cost Benefit Analysis, Daily mood log, Acceptance paradox, tec into my web app.

Small disclaimer: I made this site only for myself so it is buggy and unpolished as hell. Get's the work done for me though, but ymmv.

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