Re:How to get people to work on your project (2007)
by gnarbarian on Thursday June 18, 2020 @11:53AM
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I cannot stress this advice enough. I have ADHD so a healthy routine seemed like anathema to me and it felt like my entire soul would resist it at every turn.
Once I started getting up early at the same time every day, everything else flowed from that positive momentum. I get up meditate, eat, lift weights, then bike to work by 8. I, can crush work all day and I carry that positive momentum all the way till I go to sleep and accomplish many things after work. I have tamed that procrastinating distraction monkey on my back into a tenacious omnipresent will for self improvement.
Such things can help immensely with vague laziness. Don't overthink it, there is no magic quick fix and it's not just about this one weird self help trick to fix your mindset. We tend to forget how much we are biological animals on the inside and the animal needs to be kept well.
Start with waking up at the same time and winding down in the evening early enough to sleep enough. It's much easier to get a grip on such concrete things as waking up at a particular time (or not eating added sugar) vs starting the big vague project, staring at the empty console. Once your routine is set up you will find you have more willingness to face and take on difficult tasks of many sorts.