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People procrastinate because work is painful. Naturally people want to avoid pain. To stop procrastinating: - Stop doing things that are painful. Do other thi
by kenesom1 11y ago
People procrastinate because work is painful. Naturally people want to avoid pain.
To stop procrastinating:
- Stop doing things that are painful. Do other things instead.
- Improve your pain tolerance by becoming stronger, better rested, etc.
(Disclaimer: haven't read the article yet.)
- bbcbasic 11y ago> (Disclaimer: haven't read the article yet.) That's procrastinating!
- dasboth 11y agoI haven't found that to be necessarily true. Sometimes I procrastinate over things that I actually WANT to do. More generally I'd say I procrastinate over doing things that don't reward me in the short term. For example if I want to practice a difficult piano piece, the short term result is it sounds awful because I haven't mastered it yet, so I avoid starting even though the long term reward is that I have an impressive piece in my repertoire, which will be fun to play from then on (and I would no longer avoid playing it!). It's an irrational process and I'm still trying to figure it out.