I was minding my business this afternoon, doing important stuff, watching Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness for the tenth time (a film I don't really care about), watching cutscenes from the game Shadow of Mordor (that I've never actually played and I don't intent to) and getting ready to rebinge watch Stranger Things seasons 1 to 3. Then this bald Joey guy video notification came AND THEN I HAVE SPENT THE REST OF MY FRIDAY DEPRIVING MYSELF OF THESE WELL DESERVED JOYS and I've cleaned the backyard, frontyard and "sideyard" (yeah that's a thing), fixed myv earphones that my cats keep chewing, reassembled my vacuum cleaner, trimmed my hair with a diy bald fade (the result was not terrible) and studied and worked a little bit. The point is I did more in these last 8 hours of my Friday than all I didn't do the entire week. Another important detail is that my shrink is traveling AND I run out of Ritalin yesterday. God forbid that this weird bald guy somehow hacked my brain using some sketchy subliminar message entwined within his video. I'm a good citizens. I pay my taxes and I just came across his channel because I was searching for advice for guys who are startng to lose their hair. And now he had fiddled with my brain. But now jokes aside. I truly hope that tomorrow I manage to repeatb what I've done today. Quit finding ways to escape my chores and my projects with social network, KZread, movies and games. THANK YOU JOEY FROM THE BOTTOM OF MY HEART 🙏🙏😉😉🤗🤗✌️🤘🤟🤙♥️🇧🇷

@betterideas

Жыл бұрын

This is some fresh pasta. Keep up the great work!!

@remy8587

Жыл бұрын

Note that cleaning stuff, and other seemingly productive activites are often also a form a procrastination, unfortunately... it happens when what you're avoiding is so painful that actually washing the dishes comes accros to your brain as a less painful option

@MetehanUnal_

Жыл бұрын

Shadow of Mordor is a pretty good game tho,The Nemesis System literally allows you to create your own stories and have your own adventures. And the second game, Shadow of war is even way better.Combat is better,diversity is much more and Nemesis system is improved in Shadow of War. 9/10 game Definietly reccomend it, but play Mordor first. It would be hard to return to Mordor after playing Shadow Of War.

@joepvanuden3913

Жыл бұрын

@@MetehanUnal_ why are you motivating us about this game on a video about not wanting to procrastonate🥲

@larissapienaar2436

Жыл бұрын

@@remy8587 If the cleaning was the stuff they were avoiding, which it sounds like it was, then they’re on track. Not everyone has the same journey 😉

The irony of procrastination is that the mental anguish you feel avoiding an issue often ends up being worse than the mental anguish of doing the thing you are avoiding. The pain of regret is worse than the pain of discipline.

@ssunsoaked

Жыл бұрын

Soo truee💀

@Kallum

Жыл бұрын

Nike's 'just do it' is something people should keep in mind everyday, for everything

@timtimtimmaah

Жыл бұрын

In fact, the mental anguish of doing the thing I was avoiding usually basically disappears when I'm actually doing it. Unless the deadline was like 3 years ago or something.

@dickmullen3750

Жыл бұрын

Thats the whole point of avoiding. Funny you totally miss the point.

@20IA

Жыл бұрын

Its the anguish at the end if you dont complete what you procratinated and delayed. For sure

This was on my “watch later” for at least a year

@Alex94.c

Ай бұрын

Me too 😂😂

@huzefamalik99715

Ай бұрын

Lol fr

@huzefamalik99715

Ай бұрын

The irony is i opened this boring video because I had nothing interesting to do this was an option

@JasmineZegirl

28 күн бұрын

I JUST FOUND IT AS I WAS CLEANING MY WATCH LATER LIST XD

@fur_avery

26 күн бұрын

I did as well and now couldn't find anything else to watch so just clicked on my watch later and then this

Thanks man, added this to watch later. Will hear it sometime else 👍🏻

@alextaws6657

Ай бұрын

🤣

@malittlekitteh

Ай бұрын

I did the same thing. Just finally watching it now. 😂

@bullyedits.

Ай бұрын

@@malittlekitteh thanks for reminding me too, I just forgot about it.

@huzefamalik99715

Ай бұрын

Same lol​@@malittlekitteh

@Ghala3-jr4ds

5 күн бұрын

watch it if you won’t its all about doing something really bored before doing what you should be doing

No more procrastinating. I'll get started tomorrow.😂

You're right. I don't. Have a good day

@Garmin316

Жыл бұрын

😂😂😂

@betterideas

Жыл бұрын

Hahahahaha

@ch4rmeen

Жыл бұрын

Haha

@MetehanUnal_

Жыл бұрын

Same, just saved it to watch later 💀

@jesuschristislord7754

Жыл бұрын

Men walk in the selfish futility of their own mind.

You know your procrastination is bad when you’re procrastinating playing video games.

@schluckauff

Жыл бұрын

I see myself here and I hate it, thanks

@Grace-vn8of

Жыл бұрын

…. Other people do this??? 😭😭😭😭

@AdrianDanielGuard

Жыл бұрын

My friend, I love coffee and for a while now I would prepare the coffee and procrastinate drinking the coffee sometimes even after it gets cold. This week i ended up drinking the coffee 2 hours after preparing it.

@ChillDude....

Жыл бұрын

I just don't enjoy them anymore 😭

@blue-uv4mh

Жыл бұрын

@@AdrianDanielGuard relatable 😭

*added to watch later list*

@yosifadillah

2 ай бұрын

me too! its on my watch later list for a month now and its popping in my screen when i was watching other videos, so i clicked. this is a sign for you to do the same thing

@sincere_me

19 күн бұрын

😂

What worked the best for me after procrastinating for years was to force a routine out of cleaning my living space on my first day off work while my brain is still on "shift" mode. I'll start the morning and fill a washing machine, then clean my room while that finishes, and while I wait for the last ten ninutes of the washing machine I'll make sure the sink is clear of dishes. If you've been putting it off for weeks or even months, the first week will be hard work, but if you do it two weeks in a row, you will have much less to do and it will help you feel productive or like your environment is ready for whatever you need to do. Grab a large rubbish bag and get to it, play some music and treat it as a job you have to do. It will help remove the most immediate layer of guilt about "not being able to get things done". Any able bodied person can tidy up a bedroom. There's thousands of children who do it. You can too.

Honestly that study underestimates the sole fact that I, for multiple times already, did stare at a white wall for more than 3 hours just to not do my assignment.

@zekiz774

Жыл бұрын

Yep. Same. I would rather stare at a blank wall rather than doing my assignment. Then when I actively try to do it, I catch myself reading Wikipedia articles that have absolutely nothing to do with the assignment.

@GeorgeThoughts

Жыл бұрын

Same. My therapist says it's because my anxiety about the task (in my case, a fear of it not being good enough or leading to criticism) leads to a "collapse" state or freeze state (from the fight/flight/freeze concept) where I'm just stuck and can do literally nothing for hours instead of doing the work. I don't even procrastinate ie play a game etc. I just sit still filled with internal turmoil.

@ay3336

Жыл бұрын

Same for me, And it becomes worse through the years

@ArualCrisp

Жыл бұрын

yes and for example my boyfriend literally just goes to take naps to avoid doing things that he needs to do when he is at home...

@kali542

Жыл бұрын

@@GeorgeThoughts your full humanity is 100% awesome. Thank you

I think this is why I am so productive in school but not at home. I actually feel like doing work in class because I have nothing else to do

@sibashissom1151

Жыл бұрын

Exactly

@mrblue1768

Жыл бұрын

Yes, every time I think I can finish an assignment at home instead of in class I end up finishing it in class the next day

@spiritsofwolves

Жыл бұрын

That’s why homeschool not really working for me..

@nwut

Жыл бұрын

TRUE

@AlexM-xj7qd

Жыл бұрын

For real

A good way is to combine this with pomodoro. Let's say you wanna work for an hour, set a timer for 10-15 minutes and sit still, do nothing, when the timer goes off you work/study for an hour and then repeat. You don't need to do this all day, but for the first 2-4 hours maybe, and you'll get a lot more done when you follow this routine.

@tubax926

3 ай бұрын

nahh that would make me go insane personally. The way I do it is I just force myself to find a way to enjoy what I must do. Don't wanna clean the house? Put a joe rogan podcast and go to town. Don't wanna work out? Go to the gym and have fun messing around, i'll probably do at least a few exercises from my program with intensity and reach failure on them. Don't wanna study? Go to a cafe or by the beach/park and get your studying materials with you. It really sets the mood and it automatically makes studying 10x more enjoyable. I can never study in my home especially not after experiencing the bliss of studying outside. No matter what mood I try to set in my house, I'm just simply more productive outside; I don't get brainfog, I don't need to take a break, my phone is significantly less distracting too -even though I have mobile data on, I don't have any urges to scroll instagram or watch a video. I just stare at nature instead until my head is cleared. Just get some coffee/tea for 5 bucks at a local cafe every time you have to study. Trust me, even if you go regularly and the costs of going to the cafe stack, it's worth the increased productivity and it's entertaining. I don't have any more problems with procrastination, but I wish life was so simple. There are still problems with energy and purpose. Some days my mind just goes belly up and completely forgets about why I'm doing what I'm doing and starts questioning my journey. The entire day is ruined and I would have 0 mental energy to learn or improve at anything for that matter. I can just do mindless mundane things in such days.

@richeeg3271

3 ай бұрын

​​@@tubax926That's really interesting, for me the environment unfortunately doesn't seem to have such an effect. Sure it's nice to read/study outside, but I lose focus the exact same way I would if I were at home. What does have a dramatic impact though, is if I'm doing that thing with someone. For some reason, the social pressure coming from the other person is exactly what I need to pretty much skip procrastination all together and just do the thing. I really dislike the fact that I have to rely on other people for motivation though 😬 And I haven't been able to resolve that. I'm in uni studying engineering, and the only classes I failed were the ones that required a lot of boring homework that I just haven't been able to bring myself to do 💀

@tubax926

3 ай бұрын

@@richeeg3271 hey man, everyone relies on something, it's okay. I rely on a good environment, I'm basically worthless at studying without it. There are plenty of ways to make it more accessible to include a person in your studying, and it comes with its own sets of challenges. I have to prepare a bag before going, worry about the environment, secure internet, procure food or prepare it at home before leaving, I might encounter noisy kids nearby, etc. I'm sure it's quite challenging to have a reliable method for securing a study partner or something like that, but it's never gonna be easy for anyone. Hope that makes you feel better about relying on people.

@tubax926

3 ай бұрын

@@richeeg3271 and when it comes to your goals, you have to sometimes think of people as tools. Treat them as real individual people when you meet and interact with them, but treat them as tools/means to achieve something, when it comes to planning. This allows you to be more consistent and lock your emotions out of it, but at the same time not fall into mania by treating everyone as objects. And you often are able to provide a more sustainable give and take relationship when you plan this way; the people you rely on will also benefit and thus be more inclined to be involved with your studies more often. It's a win win.

@richeeg3271

3 ай бұрын

Maybe the fact that only other people can bring me to progress in my studies, is a sign of it not being the right path for me

When you said "boredom" I felt a lightning in my brain. It all came together. Thank you!

People who procrastinate are the ones that can only take action under pressure. If there's no pressure...there's no need to take action yet. It's a problem.

@felipao2134

Жыл бұрын

You are so so right, I always say that if I don't have any pressure I can't do things, this is why I was never able to study for an exam more than one day before it, and I even can't study during the day before the exam, only at night, I'm starting uni this year so I'm curious to how it will go now on a different environment

@dirtyunclehubert

Жыл бұрын

for instance caused by childhood abuse. trust me, i would know. once its gone, its an endless "finally i can do whatever i want" party. and then you unconsciously expect SOMEONE to push you towards your goals. noone will. nothing happens. you feel crap and do either something or ....keep waiting. its a damn tragedy, i wasted 20 years with this.

@inventiveowl395

Жыл бұрын

Not neccessarily. I can do things that I'm asked to do immediately without any pressure whatsoever. That is if I don't consider them stupid, a waste of time etc. But in case of action from my own initiative I agree. The only thing that can create pressure for me nowadays is death.

@fightinganimations1597

Жыл бұрын

@@dirtyunclehubert how old are you now

@dirtyunclehubert

Жыл бұрын

@@fightinganimations1597 close to 40, close to game over. so much missed out on.

"Eliminate your ability to do anything other than the thing you need to do and you will do it" I will repeat this quote every single day until I'm out of my mom's house, thank you. I needed to hear it

@guitarszen

Жыл бұрын

Too bad it is bad advice then. You cannot eliminate all the other things. Make a list of all the things and try it. You will still be left with necessary tasks that must be done to get to the higher value task. This guy is full of nonsense. Don't fall for these quick fix ideas, they do not work.

@VesperAegis

Жыл бұрын

@@guitarszen It's a mindset, not an axiom. Taking it literally is not a meaningful way to discredit the guy.

@samsonquies7922

Жыл бұрын

@@guitarszen it's not bad advice. To put it into perspective, I went through hurricane Maria, in Puerto Rico. We didn't have lights and water for months, that year I studied hard as hell, I had a little farm going, I actually CLEANED the property. Without social media. I had WAY too much free time, my brain preferred being productive instead of brain torture

@egeniojaramillo9048

Жыл бұрын

@@guitarszen ok, and what's wrong with doing the necessary tasks??? Eliminating other things, means the things you don't NEED.

@egeniojaramillo9048

Жыл бұрын

@@samsonquies7922 It's one thing to be FORCED to eliminate everything, and another to CHOOSE to actively eliminate everything. I can't lie to myself or my brain. If the thigns are there, I will find them.

Omg you are so right!! 😂 This is the best advice ive heard in awhile. Thank you!

Greatest video of all time... Im going to delete my KZread app now Already deleted all games Thank you from the bottom of my heart

Staring at a blank wall is more fun than studying calculus (I actually sat in a room without any distractions) . wtf do i do now

@womankisserjermaluvr

Жыл бұрын

cry and give up

@vicenteisaaclopezvaldez2450

Жыл бұрын

I have an idea that may work: What if you try to make the task more than about itself?: A purpose, like, mix it with what you love, however that may come about, think of what you may be able to do with it once you get it, maybe your can use it to code a game, or to learn to use blender, or to make a weird contraption you can build and record and share on the internet, give it a reason, a rhyme, give it passion by tying it to an "I want", you don't just wander down the yellow road and happen into a city made from emeralds, you must want to reach it, you need to ask yourself, "how could this make my world greater?". Like, me for example, I didn't learn english just because learning a second language is cool, I learned it because I love social media, I love seeing what shenanigans humans are up to today, I love learning, and playing videogames, and sharing and looking at art, and english opened the doors to so much more than what I had before, it made my life so monstrously and marvelously flavourful in so many ways, to the point that "I wish I didn't know how to read" jokes don't even land with me because I cannot relate, I do not regret learning this language, and that could be you, math could be your new language, math is everywhere, in time, in space, in engineering, in design, in music, everything contains math, it's all there for the taking, and you just need to know how to crack that fruit open, you just need to open your eyes to the possibilities, the world could look so much different from where you stand in so little time, and so familiar at the same time. Of course, the praise doesn't hurt either, you'll get lots of people commenting on the special thing you can do, even if it's not that impressive, or even if you're not that far yet, it's just another one of those things that keeps you going at it, because even if you don't notice a change, others will.

@miriamrobarts

Жыл бұрын

@@vicenteisaaclopezvaldez2450 I heard another person say the same thing about learning English. He wanted to be a airline pilot. He struggled with learning English in school, but as soon as he learned pilots must speak English, somehow it was not so difficult to learn. He grew up to be a pilot.

@zishanjamil9529

Жыл бұрын

sit in the room for days untill you do calculus

@thegiftedpotato7582

Жыл бұрын

hey im a 14 year old learning calculus, i think you are finding it boring because u are learning it the wrong way. search for lectures on youtube that actually make learning calculus fun

The worst part is that I've known this answer the entire time - I found it for myself. I just haven't put it into action and hence found myself watching this video instead. It's time to put this to action, life won't live itself. Good luck.

@harmonizewithme

Жыл бұрын

I feel this. I realized the same towards the end. I remembered I did this to myself years ago when I made myself disconnect my xbox and in the time that followed I taught myself to play guitar. I might need to do this again to up-level my skills in other areas.

@sakurakuroii7890

Жыл бұрын

Same, I’ve always knows how to do but never willing to

@arenz348

Жыл бұрын

The thing is i don't have anything particular i have my interest in or something i want to do it, does anyone know what to do when u not know what to do in life?

@all-caps3927

Жыл бұрын

@@arenz348 really? What do you want in life ,why do you do the things that you are doing. Start with WHY! What motivates you, keep doing those things that feeds your motivation. Work towards being a better version of yourself - trust me you will wish you had more time rather than feeling bored

@all-caps3927

Жыл бұрын

@@harmonizewithme absolutely

I read The Alchemist by Paulo a few days ago and it made me realize a lot of things that I took so negatively in my life. It dramatically helped me with seeking what was right for me. So when I started this video , I realized that I needed to get my priorities straight and jump into what I've been avoiding. I'll watch your video after I'm done. Thank u for this video

the way i motivate myself doing the most important things in my life is by realizing that literally no one else but me is going to do them. i have to do them or my life will be appreciably worse without having done them. even if they're scary and anxiety inducing (which is usually what stops me from doing them) i know deep down that i really don't have any other choice. it may take a while to finish them, but eventually i will if i just keep chipping away.

@jeaniechampagne8831

13 күн бұрын

We all know that. It's just not motivating.

@opalpersonal

12 күн бұрын

@@jeaniechampagne8831 i'm sorry it's not for you.

I don't procrastinate because the task is not fun. I procrastinate because I am so afraid of failing at the task that I don't even want to start. I believe that is next level procrastination.

@anthonym1625

Жыл бұрын

So? Even if you fail whats the deal? Failing is a bad thing in our society but think of it as learning and getting experience. Is the world gonna end if you fail a few times? I dont think so

@sihfbaozgfengieg

Жыл бұрын

@@anthonym1625 that is the correct and logical thinking. but some people are so far down the hole it's almost impossible. there are many reasons some people are in that situation. this is not an excuse, of course, just an explanation.

@noname76787

Жыл бұрын

it is simple, u don't have the procrastinator mindset

@Steve_005

Жыл бұрын

Nah bro that's anxiety

@Matschen

Жыл бұрын

​@@anthonym1625 My self esteem gets another hit if I fail. I've convinced myself that I am a looser and that being bad at something makes me a bad person. Failing is just gonna prove to me that that idea is true. Idk, failing is way more high stakes when your value as a human being depends on it.

An old classmate was jailed for years. He performed horrible at school and dropped out. At jail he was so bored that he asked for school books and slowly started to enjoy studying. Eventually he finished high school with good grades.

@xiaonanz9411

Жыл бұрын

So inspiring!

@PhonkAttack4DX

Жыл бұрын

@@xiaonanz9411 uhh...

@leeroy14r60

Жыл бұрын

Step 1: go to jail. NOTED

@Jelonz

Жыл бұрын

@@leeroy14r60 whatever it takes godammit

@Chryztallic

Жыл бұрын

I want this story to be true

Honestly, I wasn't expecting something that pragmatic. I think that's the best procrastination tool I've ever come across. Maybe second only to the 5 second rule (which has helped me in so many moments of procrastination). But man, I can already see how I'm going to implement this starting today. Thank you.

@imagination4921

2 ай бұрын

Does it work?

@joeyjuice583

2 ай бұрын

Whats the 5 second rule?

It’s weird that I just fall onto this video in a moment in my life where I know what I need to do I just won’t do it because my autism looks at boring things as unproductive when it’s actually the other way around, good video dude thanks 👍🏼✨

@Logosis591

5 ай бұрын

Literally just saved my life

I honestly never feel bored. I can entertain myself for hours with my daydreams alone. In college I would even reserve those private rooms in the library to get things done so no distractions and I would either daydream or fall asleep.

@RachelRosewood

Жыл бұрын

bro I hate this dumb comment I made

@badideabearcub2747

Жыл бұрын

Well, I'm easily distracted AND I daydream a lot as well. And I actually get very good ideas when I'm daydreaming, the problem is that, when I'm about to put them on paper, I get distracted again .

@sanityshorror

Жыл бұрын

@@badideabearcub2747 try turning on text to speech and ramble your thoughts out loud as they come to you, right into Google docs. Then , go back and edit your rambling text into a coherent story. I write books like this, and it truly was a game changer. ;)

@Parisroam

Жыл бұрын

@@sanityshorror 😂 why does that sound so hilarious? are these books anywhere I can read them

@sanityshorror

Жыл бұрын

@@Parisroam still in the process of getting them ready to release lol

This concept reminds me of one of my favourite sayings: YOU WON’T CHANGE UNTIL THE PAIN OF NOT CHANGING IS GREATER THAN THE PAIN OF CHANGING.

@B----------------------------D

Жыл бұрын

Too late by then.

Hey thanks man. I think I’ve recognized this before, but never thought of weaponizing it. Very cool stuff man!

This video is on point. I had the same thought, but this actually shows a way to put that thought to action. Hopefully, this helps me to get to the next step. Thank you.

I moved to Japan when I was 12, and during the first month here, I had no internet. I had brought books from my homecountry just because, even thought I hated reading. Due to the boredom of that one month without internet, I decided to start reading. And guess what, I loved it! Boredom is truly the answer.

@on9francisyu

Жыл бұрын

I do agree and reading always changes people life.

@hhope-carter9676

Жыл бұрын

When i moved to a new house and had no internet it was one of the calmest periods of my life ever haha

@myprofilepictureisafish

Жыл бұрын

For me it took a week in the psych ward cndjfjfedf and i have so much more books than i used to, the number before being 0

I think this is solid advice for a lot of people, but not for those for whom procrastination stems from anxiety. We don't necessarily have a problem with too little motivation but too much fear of (another) failure.

@ericamacs3875

7 ай бұрын

Yep, my procrastination is all fear and anxiety driven, and shame as well.. I have never found a solution. I can meet work deadlines, but get nowt achieved in life things. This is especially bad with things like hobbies where I feel like I am useless and making a fool of myself, or some kind of sporting activity. I even gave up a walking group because I kept being the last in the group and felt so much shame.

@jorntumrongwit9056

6 ай бұрын

Totally not me holding off on just sending a goddamn email asking for an apprenticeship or internship just from feeling inadequate in terms of skills. It's like I know I should just press send, I have all the emails drafted, I just can't bring myself to even send it since the studio I'm gonna ask is a very small passionate indie studio and I don't wanna be a problem for them, or just regarded as that skilless idiot who applied for smth that's way over my head. It sucks. Still left on draft, haven't sent the goddamn email yet.

@Liam_The_Great

6 ай бұрын

@@jorntumrongwit9056send it

@saffrown

6 ай бұрын

@@jorntumrongwit9056I hope you went for it and sent the email!

@Tiger74147

5 ай бұрын

Actually this works the exact same way regardless of the reason you're procrastinating. In fact, I'd say it's all the more valuable if you're suffering from anxiety. It's something you need to do and for lack of a more "entertaining/feel good" etc option, you will do it. Also, the more you do this, the easier it becomes, meaning your anxiety decreases.

Thanks matey. It's pretty awesome hearing this stuff having learned a lot of it the hard way. Subbed

This video has been on my watchlist for a year. Finally watching.

Gonna be harder for some people, I used to stay in my thoughts for hours rather than doing a simple 10 minute long math homework, it still happens to me quite often.

@julius43461

Жыл бұрын

I could spend days in my thoughts. Hell, as long as I have basic necessities covered I don't even need material stuff, when my brain can visualize whatever I please.

@Dondlo46

Жыл бұрын

@@julius43461 Literally the perfection of life

@laja6108

Жыл бұрын

Same, and I rather enjoy it.

@stephaniesmith3544

Жыл бұрын

True. When bored my brain comes up with every interesting memory and experience I’ve ever had and then considers more.

@bye1551

Жыл бұрын

Same. People with strong imaginations tend to procrastinate more I find because the brain can create its own entertainment to avoid doing the mundane task.

Saved to watch later, i'll watch this later after 15 mins of scrolling reels

Heya, I thank you for your video and here's my story for you as your reward: I've been left clicking this three dots then "watch later" this video like IDK how many times I did, so I want to congratulate myself also for finally watching it and I love it. Thanks!

@whataminow_1d

29 күн бұрын

Congratulations 🎉🎉🎉

I used to procrastinate all throughout my childhood and teenage years. It started with 2 hours then 4 and eventually I found myself procrastinating 8 hours. Towards the end, I even forgot the paging anxiety the task gave off. It was literally ruining my life (not to be too dramatic but it was). One day, I don’t know why or how, I just forced myself to do the task. Something that could get you to do what I did would be this video, to make yourself so bored that you would rather do the task. I also realized that the reason, the real reason why I procrastinate, was because I was scared and intimidated by the task. Conversely, when I finished the task, I realized it was never as bad as I imagined it was. That’s why imagining you already finished the task can also be a technique to get you started as well.

@lulumoon6942

Жыл бұрын

Your experience and perspective are very helpful. Thank you for taking the time to share!

@tuahdanish1

Жыл бұрын

* added to life tips list *

@abody6867

Жыл бұрын

That's very true, I have a task I should do under this months cause I said I will finish it in that time, and I don't wanna do a bad job, and also yes I feel like I missing something to know how to actually do the task, I hope I can start well and gather my thoughts

@VampireGirlLoveBlood

Жыл бұрын

this always helped me as well, but only for a limited amount of time, or only for a specific task. I somehow can't apply this to everything. Procrastination is still ruining my life, or more so, perfectionism. I procrastinate to avoid the bad feelings that come with certain tasks. I wish there was a cure, but it seems like a daily battle honestly.

The main reason for my procrastination is anxiety. "What if it will be hard or I fail or will be disappointed". Or that classical cognitive distortion "this thing is quick and I can do it later, no big deal". And you end up forgetting about that "quick and no big deal", leaving it for another day

@WiSHNUKEs

Жыл бұрын

felt

@chacharealsmooth4147

Жыл бұрын

The one thing that seems to have helped me is failing intentionally and everytime the fear creeps up I say "so? " And once I realized that the world hadn't ended and i was ok with failing I could do my tasks knowing I can just start again.

@jasonhymes3382

Жыл бұрын

I've been doing this almost every day for two weeks. I'll do it after lunch quickly becomes I'll stay up late and do it tonight which of course turns into I'll do it tomorrow repeating the whole cycle. AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

@hx12_pvtt

Жыл бұрын

this is true

@mw00295

Жыл бұрын

"procrastination is anxiety" nah, the real reason is in the video. You simply have more entertaining things to do, and these are just convenient excuses that you come up with to feel better about yourself spending time in less productive fashion.

Thanks for doing this video. I watch videos like this to alleviate the boredom AND to convince myself that I'm really trying. So. Hard. See, inner critic, this is my third anti-procrastination video today! Seriously, I'll give it a try.

It is an enlightenment to realise the second side of life. The contrast of your beliefs as to how the life looks to you at first glance of everyday. You'll always see the second side of coin, when you are in the position to see so. Things were different for me, in a manner such that I couldn't live normal like others (to interpret it better, to live the life, beyond dealing with problems). But, being in this position allowed me to see the second side of the coin, for which I am grateful to god to put me in such position to show me the other side. Life can't be same for everyone, but attempts are many for everyone. The attempt to come out of hole in their mind. Thank you.......for enlightening videos.

I was procrastinating a lot recently and would perform my “distractions” everyday like scrolling through social media , reading non curricular based books and watching Netflix and now im actually so tired of them that im more interested in studying 😭 so I feel like I “deleted the distractions” by doing them too much

@lydjoy3385

Жыл бұрын

SAME. I’m just going to take a break from reading to focus on my grad school stuff

@theblackspark2644

Жыл бұрын

Yep been there.

@SetiKt

Жыл бұрын

I'd like to to cure my procrastination for a long time. And this video going to help me, I'm going to watch it later.

@10kwithzerobitches20

Жыл бұрын

Killed procrastination with procrastination 😂

@alexpane3405

Жыл бұрын

LMAO SAME

the issue is that the thing stopping me from doing assignments isnt finding them boring, its finding them anxiety inducing. When I do my assignment, that means i Have to think about my grades, my career, my financial situation, and its so hard to make myself do things because of it

@thetruth9939

Жыл бұрын

felt

@mr.dr.prof.patrick7284

Жыл бұрын

yeah but if you don’t do it then you’re gonna fail, which means bad grade which means worse chances of having a better financial situation

@berkazu

Жыл бұрын

Reading the first half of The Happiness Trap and applying it's tactics has helped me tremendously with feelings and the ability to act, it might help you too :)

@rakistah4029

Жыл бұрын

Practice mindfulness/meditation. Create daily/future goals. These will allow you to only focus on current tasks in the present rather than worrying about the past or future. Good luck :D

@botanicalitus4194

Жыл бұрын

@@berkazu thank you for the suggestion ❤️

Thank you for sharing this wisdom.

Thanks for letting us all know, hopefully you receive good news tomorrow. Good luck with your studies. We are all rooting for you.

I've heard this advice before and the problem is that I absolutely would do nothing. I already often spend a couple hours a day just thinking (even replaying thoughts over and over). My brain is really good at producing stimulating content for me, and an empty room won't turn that off, it'll exaggerate it

@ghoustly9044

Жыл бұрын

I am a lot like this, what tends to work for me is giving my brain something to focus on while tuning out the actual work, i.e. listening to music while writing or watching a show while cleaning, a lot of my procrastination comes from my thoughts and if I can tune out my thoughts then working isn't as hard. (PS, This only works for me if the thing that is distracting me isn't something I'm actively interested in, i.e. a show I've already watched or a playlist I listen to very often)

@poika22

Жыл бұрын

Same here. I'm not even sure if "wanting to play video games rather than study" counts as procrastination. It just makes sense people would rather do fun things. Procrastination is when you put off doing something you should for no real reason. When you'd rather stare at an empty wall or sit still and do nothing than start a task you "should" do but really don't want to. If procrastination was solved simply by turning off the TV or social media or whatever then it wouldn't even be an issue. I don't think the guy making this video has ever even experienced procrastination.

@joshuajordan584

Жыл бұрын

Bars

@123Mathzak

Жыл бұрын

@@poika22 So in one sentence, you admit that people generally prefer to do fun things over productive things, then in the next sentence you admit that people simply don’t want to do what’s necessary to be productive. Then you phrase procrastination at the end as if it’s a disease; “Experiencing” procrastination 😂

@marielcarey4288

Жыл бұрын

​@poika22 I literally procrastinate playing games too lmao. I have to do an assignment, procrastinate. Botw is so cool, I want to play it, procrastinate and don't even get to play. Just think... weird af!

It's difficult especially when you distract yourself with chores or beneficial stuff like exercise or planning meals. It tricks me into feeling productive and this will help me (even if it kinda will) but the truth is I'm just piling more of these to distract myself from what I actually need to do

@th0by

Жыл бұрын

so relatable..

@adriennesnow7201

Жыл бұрын

lmaoooo glad im not the only one

@Klmrc

Жыл бұрын

Relate to this so much!!

@dingdong2103

Жыл бұрын

The empty room idea stops working when nobody forces you to stay there. There's always the door out.

@Klmrc

Жыл бұрын

@@dingdong2103 true.. willpower is all. If theres a will theres a way

Thanks. I REALLY NEEDED THIS!

Wow, thanks for uploading this! ❤ gonna watch it later.

i always tell myself “why suffer twice when you can suffer once” having anxiety before starting tasks makes the anxiety during the task/assignment much worse due to the time wasted with irrational thought- thus creating more exhaustion. motivation comes from action. often times i feel much better mentally working towards progress than avoiding it. then in the end, i realize there was no inherent suffering during the task (most of the time). it is SO easy to scroll, sleep, eat, procrastinate, loath, etc. than to use your working memory. so by eliminating the initial suffering/anxiety gives me more energy to focus on what’s important. i also say this as i’m procrastinating an assignment due tmrw. if anything, this motto has helped my self-critical/ irrational thought process when it comes to school. although i still find myself procrastinating- my mindset and knowing my ability to get stuff done eases my stress and preserves my energy for bigger things.

@xerilaun

Жыл бұрын

♡

@Glocktopus1

Жыл бұрын

This sounds like good advice. I will try it out it out in the morning

@ngndnd

Жыл бұрын

i think like this and got into the habit of speedrunning my classes on the first week of class. I dont go outside or talk to anyone in that week. It is stressful, but then i have so many weeks to not worry about school, meanwhile my classmates are all struggling and worrying about deadlines.

@ramonhppacheco

Жыл бұрын

"Motivation comes from action" I love that

"Boredom is not boring." - Artem Boytsov If you sit with yourself, in solitude, you're not really alone. Most of what we do to 'procrastinate' is actually just the way we run from ourselves and our thoughts. If the idea of being still for a few hours sounds worse than being electrocuted, clearly in some way, you are afraid of your own mind. We're blameless here, the world is mentally sick, most of us are traumatised in some way or another. But the option is always here to just... stop, and be with yourself in silence. Face the agony and fear of boredom, and through that be loving and content with the ordinariness of just being yourself. Then you see that the world was open to you all along. ❤

@bernardohenriques5907

Жыл бұрын

Well said!

@213kilacali

Жыл бұрын

Very beautifully put 👍🏼

@nimsilva9898

Жыл бұрын

yess i agree- i mean this is what meditation is all about

@arkelon

Жыл бұрын

I think people used to call this prayer

@Gruso57

Жыл бұрын

@@arkelon Prayer is definitely not confronting yourself. Its placing all your issues into your faith. If that works for you then fine. However this is not what the original comment is portraying

I immediately watched it! This is different than any other videos I've watched it. Thank you I'm going to do that❤

I'm going to put this in my watch later playlist! Can't wait to see what it's about!

For me, sometimes the boring thing you're so afraid of is not boring at all and when you start working on it you get super excited and energetic. Nevertheless, you'd rather zombify yourself in front of a screen for the entire day and at at the end you're not only bored (what you wanted to escape in the first place but failed) but feel miserable and guilty for not accomplishing anything. Life can suck, doesn't it.

@theintrovertedaspie9095

9 ай бұрын

I see what you mean. The idea of that thing you must do feels hard and unappealing which is why you resist and often procrastinate and distract yourself from it even though you know you really have to get it done. But once you manage to sit down and get started it doesn't feel very bad. In fact it feels easy or nice getting it done. Sometimes like you said you feel excited and energetic about it. And wen your done it feels like an accomplishment.

@silentcrow6602

8 ай бұрын

🔨 the 🔩 on the ⚰️

@silentcrow6602

8 ай бұрын

The thing you said is the best advice I've seen for awhile and that says something for a entertainment addicted person like me. The mind ignores what it does not understand for what it is used to. Unless given the cue to further explore and work towards new developments. Sometimes all it takes is someone to tell you to get up, sometimes it takes more than that, and Sometimes you have to tell yourself to get up.

@AlexisTwoLastNames

7 ай бұрын

These feelings and the worthlessness that accompany them are the greatest causes of my depression

@hulyana5378

6 ай бұрын

oh my fucking god yes. with my case, i find it harder when its a thing im passionate about bc i get too perfectionist and self-critical and being in that tug-of-war of emotions makes me want to pull away. its so much easier to just passively consume something that grants me instant gratification instead. i dont have to wrestle with my own mediocrity and face the Thing i have to do....ure not growing by any means nor doing something meaningful w ur life and in the long term that empty feeling wud grow deeper and harder to break away from but i cant break away that easy i fear

But as someone with ADHD, this advice reminds me of (actually good advice) for getting things done: craft your environment for success. Put the things you need done in front of you and remove any and all potential distractions. Even things as simple as putting your water bottle on the nightstand so you drink water when you first wake up make a difference. Make success *simple.* Or, for those who like metaphors, when a plant isn't thriving, you change the environment, not blame the plant.

@LastKingLKArthur

Жыл бұрын

F adhd. Worst thing in my life. At least I am trying now to manage it and this tip is very good!

@0taxz550

Жыл бұрын

@@LastKingLKArthur Smoke weed or take CBD, it's the only thing that allows me to zone in on one thing and get away from the ADHD

@LastKingLKArthur

Жыл бұрын

@@0taxz550 lmao if i smoke weed i do nothing with my life so no, was already in a weed hole in 2019

@julius43461

Жыл бұрын

@@LastKingLKArthur The only thing that worked for me is having kids lol. Now that's how you craft your environment, not moving bottles left and right. You know how there is this idea that ADHD is not a disorder, but is basically a hunter's brain, and a hunter's brain is meant to always live on the edge and stay occupied all the time? Well, having kids definitely puts you into a permanent fight or flight mode, destroys your comfort levels, and voila! Suddenly work feels like a vacation, and learning inbound marketing is the most fun thing you will get to do. More seriously, I wouldn't recommend someone to do that, but it did work for me. You might find another way, but without burning your ships and closing all the backdoors for good, you will never leave your comfort zone, and progress will be hard.

@0taxz550

Жыл бұрын

@@LastKingLKArthur Word

100% true, thank you I have heard about it but never have the motivation, I think I will try doing it more often now. Man I wish I have an office space and bedroom separated that would make life so much easier

This has been in my watch later playlist for a year. 🙃

You're severely underestimating my ability to lie flat on the ground and stare at the ceiling for HOURS. lol. I promise you, my brain has mastered the art of avoiding whatever it is I need to do. Plus, I'm an introverted only child so I had no problem being a hermit even when I lived in a literal laundry room in NYC 😅. I would just listen to music for hours (which I know I would deprive myself of in the "empty room" of course, but I'd also meditate, stretch, sleep, do breathing exercises, write songs and sing, etc...My problem is my imagination is so active, I can entertain myself with visuals and stories in my mind's eye for days. The only thing that would maybe work for me is if someone set up a "terror chamber" of sorts, where anytime I stopped working for 5 seconds, a flying cockroach would be released into the room. I could probably get all of my work done for the entire year in less than a week that way 😅 I'm beginning to realize that the only times I can remember ever being truly bored (aside from when I HAVE to do a work task or adult life task) is when I've been around other people who are boring, or when I'm stuck at an event that's boring. If I'm just alone in a quiet room, forget about it. I'm in my own magical world and it's lightyears better than editing another video...ugh.

@sasdagreat8052

3 ай бұрын

Same here. I realise I've always had an amazing ability to dissociate for hours at any point during the day if faced with an even slightly mentally demanding task. Fixing procrastination for me (and others like me) could start with actively recognising the dissociation and pulling myself out of it - although this is way harder when I'm tired as hell. Good sleep, diet, and exercise might help with that, I guess? Also, the flying roach room idea sounds terribly wonderful, lmao. We'd be too powerful on MRT (motivational roach therapy)

@mineguy5322

3 ай бұрын

To be honest the moment he said it's boring my mind immediately wanted me to do it broy mind really wanted to prove this guy wrong bro rlly reverse psychology on me

@RetroAlex125

3 ай бұрын

So basically what you're telling me is, is that you're always high

@EastmanEditing

3 ай бұрын

@@RetroAlex125 haha! That's interesting and I've actually never thought about it that way...like my brain is wired to be constantly "high" maybe? I've always felt really lucky to be able to entertain myself in my own head without any substances no matter where I am or what my state of mind is. I actually don't like weed because the only thing it does to me is make me tired and nauseated. (And yes I've tried many strains/forms because I live in CO and almost everyone thinks there's a magical strain that will work for me so I kept trying, but gave up a few years ago ha.)

@kamrandalvandi439

2 ай бұрын

😂just like me,maybe you are an infp

I was listening to a podcast that said, “it’s important to live life by design rather than emotion. Basically, sticking to a routine is what allows us to be the healthiest version of ourselves (especially when you're fighting these demons ex. OCD for me). I’ve had to overhaul how I approach studying, working out and taking care of my brain (journaling) by practising mediocre consistency. Now I try to put in consistent 50-60% effort into my studying, exercise and journaling habit - to make sure I do it I began recording it and posting it on YT. Because historically I have a habit of going too hard, not being able to sustain the Herculean effort, giving up and hating myself. So now I’m trying to give a small, consistent mediocre effort everyday. And its crazy how it adds up.

@myninja0001

Жыл бұрын

What’s the podcast

@risika

Жыл бұрын

@@myninja0001 pretty sure its this episode, its an ocd podcast but I think the main points can be extrapolated + helpful to everyone: kzread.info/dash/bejne/dXutuZOLoJS_Yso.html&ab_channel=TheOCDStories

@TheSchmonk94

Жыл бұрын

Same same saaaaame broooo

@DJcyberslash

Жыл бұрын

It's not mediocre

@Anthony-du5uf

Жыл бұрын

Kaizen

Just added to watch later. Might watch some day

so useful, changed my mind completly. thank you

The issue for me though is that I don't get bored "doing nothing," because my thoughts are almost always more than enough to keep me entertained. Oftentimes when I procrastinate, I'm not even doing something else, I'm often just doing nothing other than thinking to myself. I have enough to think about and ponder, and enjoy thinking to myself enough, that sitting around with nothing to do doesn't bore me, at least not enough to motivate me to do something I don't want to do. Heck, oftentimes in my free time I end up just doing nothing anyway, like I'll bring a thing for me to do like read a book I like or play a favorite video game or something with me or even just have my phone on me, and then just end up not touching it and do nothing but think to myself about things instead. Doing certain things (like maybe the thing I have to do that I'm procrastinating on) do bore me, but being alone left with nothing but my own thoughts does not bore me because I can keep myself entertained with just that. I do that all the time. "Doing nothing" is one of the very things I use as a distraction; therefore I'm kinda stuck, since thinking to myself is the one distraction that is impossible to put away, it's always available no matter what, it's the backdoor I can't eliminate.

@atpr3241

Жыл бұрын

Why are you me... I'm the same. Bring something like a book or notes or I download a productive app to multitask with and then don't touch it. I'm perfectly satisfied just thinking about mundane topics to get me through the day and it just leaves me stuck unfortunately.

@gokulhemanthkumar4556

Жыл бұрын

Despite it, try eliminating all the backdoors you can. Maybe when you take a break from the backdoors you can't eliminate, you might feel like doing the shit you need to do

@angelface333

Жыл бұрын

not the point but you write beautifully

@voreincorporated3056

Жыл бұрын

@@angelface333 Explain the point, I thought the video was about removing things that are more entertaining/stimulating than the thing you're trying to get done What if doing nothing but just thinking is too entertaining?

@angelface333

Жыл бұрын

@@voreincorporated3056 i was saying that the point was not their writing skills… it was an off topic compliment

In my experience as someone with ADHD, this had very minimal success because even while permanently grounded until 18 (my grades determined what I was allowed to do), my mind always found ways of keeping occupied instead of doing the task at hand.

@megsley

Жыл бұрын

try harder then and stop giving up because of adhd. I have adhd too but I don't use it as an excuse - if I choose not to get stuff done then that's on me.

@dorged6466

Жыл бұрын

@@megsley that’s way easier said then done. Most people with ADHD can’t control when their minds decide to wonder, and that does gets in the way to do stuffs like school work. Personally I couldn’t get anything done bc of it, and that’s a problem I was only being able to solve by professional help and medicine, trying harder just simply was not enough.

@OneShotKill3r

Жыл бұрын

@@megsley The equivalent of 'just stop being depressed bro'

@kay60552

Жыл бұрын

@@megsley thanks I'm cured

@cof...

Жыл бұрын

​@@megsley Neurotypical moment

Saved it in my Watch Later, thanks bud

This is good solid advice that I think will work for me. Thank you for the video. I'll try this.

Bro…I have been searching years and year for a deep psychological breakdown of why my brain feels like it holds me hostage into being lazy, while everyone seems to have it all figured out, saying things like “just do it.” Your videos really dive deep and give me the science behind it all, and I feel like I can win this long battle of laziness

@SanaZub

Жыл бұрын

"holds me hostage into being lazy" damnn i really relate to that!

@chippy4032

Жыл бұрын

story of my life here

@insomnia20422

Жыл бұрын

The most important thing is dont set your goals too high. Dont say: "Oh from this day I will never procrastinate again, I will do all my work, work out, eat healthy, clean my room and do alllll the good stuff." That wont work lol. Just try to pick one thing. Do it a little better. Dont ever aim for perfection. NOT EVER!!! It is fuel for the procrastinating demon inside us!

@justinfung4351

Жыл бұрын

Consider ADHD?

@JokerFaceDG

Жыл бұрын

@@justinfung4351 I did but definitely not me

“The most dangerous man is the one, that has nothing to lose. The most motivated man is the one, that is bored out of their mind.” - Not Sun Tzu

It made me think for a while, i honestly needed to listed to this! Thanks!

Nice work. Very useful. after a career successfully procrastinating ill say this is right on and would have made life less painful

"Inaction is a slow death" this is the perfect discription of the problem. But also thanks for this simple and effective video. It helps you realize that its either you're out of focus and needed a reminder. Maybe you truly despise what you're delaying. Or it's finally the time to get the professional help you know you need.

@paulgoogol2652

Жыл бұрын

Just existing is a slow death. More or less, slow.

@Rafas216

Жыл бұрын

Meditação é pura inação...apenas ser.

@RandomStuff-fd6iy

Жыл бұрын

Legit same as this video. It's super slow

@lucialuciferion6720

Жыл бұрын

I don't think distractions are the problem. The problem is not wanting to deal with uncomfortable tasks. But I also realize that worrying about the tasks that I'm avoiding is probably worse than just dealing with them.

Just my personal tips that work for me 1. Start by clearly laying out your goals and doing a self reflection journal each and every month to look for patterns in your behaviors, behaviors you want to eliminate and behaviors you want to focus on. The monthly reflective journal is a great tool for me at least to know if I'm truly staying on track. 2. Stop lying to yourself, Start removing stuff from your life that you know is bad for you and is getting in the way of your dreams. I haven't used social media in months, I don't watch porn anymore, I quit alcohol, I'm keeping a food journal to stop overeating. 3. Failure is okay, you could fail 100s of times before you eventually start to improve. The whole point of success is that you keep at it until you are successful. And success looks different for everybody. Build resilience 4. Its about a mindset change, recognize that nobody is gonna make it happen but you, you need to get your ass in gear and get moving. 5. Get a calendar of sorts and pick some stuff you want to do everyday, every week and so on and start tracking what you're doing everyday. Eventually you will become addicted to seeing yourself marking down the amount of days you practiced a language, didn't get drunk, or even read a chapter in a book. 6. Heart should always beat mind, if you truly really wanna help yourself you know what's good for you and what isn't. Live your life trying to do things that are good for you. Burn images of times you failed into your mind and remember those the next time you go to do something you don't want to do anymore. For example, I have a big problem with overeating, I ordered these McDonalds fries and they were soggy and gross, now every time I go to order fast-food I remember those nasty fries and I suddenly don't want fast-food anymore.

@Yourhighnessnona

Жыл бұрын

Wow thank you :) I am going to save that!

@spaRKLES88604

Жыл бұрын

@@Yourhighnessnona Of course! I find that I only respond to rigorous tracking and writing to keep me on track, but these tips might not work for everybody that's why everybody should pick and choose stuff that works for them and build their own self-growth plan.

@Cwesade

Жыл бұрын

Great info

@evee3164

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for taking the time to write that!

@viharamakumburage5536

Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much .... I will be using your tips in the future :)

Great video!! Super practical (also very entertaining)!!

From your beginning sentences I knew this video might be helpful for me. It’s not that I don’t know how to change my behaviors but can’t get myself to do it. I got to a point where I can’t study without listening or watching to something else on the side (music, podcast, true crime stories or any kind of sound) because it’s too boring otherwise. Everyone gives the advice put your phone in an other room but I always thought I need it to be able to study. Even if the volume is really low I need a little bit of sound. So I started listening to fireplaces, melodies, study with me videos and so on. But understanding the concept you explained I will try it out because when a topic gets complicated (I have a lot of math in my major) I always tent to just close my phone and literally throw it on my bed. My problem is just starting early enough to study, regretting it later, having time pressure and stressing out because I won’t be able to finish everything till my exam day comes around so I end up postponing my exams. Being an university student doesn’t help because I have to have self discipline and no one is controlling if I keep up with my work like in school.

@bsv12

3 ай бұрын

I also feel like I can’t start studying unless I have enough pressure and think I have enough time but the pressure is always kind of there just not strong enough. When it gets strong enough I just get really stressed out because I have not enough time. I don’t know if I can explain it the right way but if you know this feeling than you just know. A friend of mine also always says she needs the pressure to finally start studying.

DO WHAT SCARES YOU. We procrastinate because we feel fear. And the more we avoid the task, the more fear we feel. When we start doing it, fear initially rises, but then goes down again. You do the thing and you feel better. The next day you are less scared and try again. Eventually the fear isn't a problem anymore or even it goes away. You have done the thing for days, weeks, months. Some days you were lazy, other days overworked... But in general you just didn't give up. Now your work has been evolving, and you have freed yourself from the procrastination trap. You feel proud, free, capable, and less scared. This is what doing what scares you brings to your life.

@user-mn8hb2dh2q

Жыл бұрын

Needed this so much, thank you! Will try this out

@man58652

Жыл бұрын

But how can i be scared from studying?

@jennifera777

Жыл бұрын

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@HiddenExp

Жыл бұрын

"To stop feeling fear" sounds like a good reason to stop procrastination

@bobobsen

Жыл бұрын

@@man58652 your brain does this weird thing called cognitive dissonance. Since you (and most people) keep putting off studying the brain thinks this task must be horrible, otherwise why wouldn't we just do it? We start getting negative feelings and stress when we think about it and postpone it yet again. Despite it not being very scary, these feelings will be similar to regular fear But simplified but that's the gist of it

The really hard part for me is that most of the things I am supposed to do are in the same exact environment as the things that entertain me (my computer, and sometimes my phone). I have never had issues keeping an exercise routine because exercise happens away from all that stuff. But making progress in something on my computer and not going to different websites and stuff is hard. And the blocking apps simply don't work for me.

@coderaven1107

Жыл бұрын

have you tried cold turkey blocker? Once I put it on it works really good for me and helped me in a pinch alot (e.g. the last days in before an exam, where I had to start studying or would fail if I wouldnt)

@SilverFlame819

Жыл бұрын

I think that's why people with self-discipline are so attractive to me these days. Like, that shit is SO impressive. It's VERY hard to get the important things done in this day and age, when distraction, and shitty choices, are a click away.

@lightishredgummi9654

Жыл бұрын

this is exactly my problem. the VAST majority of my assignments are to be done and turned in online. I can't just temporarily block my primary entertainment apps and websites because I'll probably need google for something and I will absolutely go down a weird research rabbit hole instead of completing the thing that's due in 3 hours

@azizmukhsinov5629

Жыл бұрын

EXACTLY, i watch coding tutorials on youtube and there's always temptation to browse or watch some entertaining videos like this one.

@aspira6585

Жыл бұрын

@@azizmukhsinov5629 Get DF youtube extension.

Bookmarked to watch later. Can’t wait to see what it’s about.

Ive listened to a lot of self-improvement stuff before, and there’s a point where you kind of become numb to it. But this is actually a really fantastic idea, thanks.

This doesn’t really solve the issue of self-control though. If you are already disciplined enough to be able to commit to a boredom isolation, you don’t actually have an issue with procrastination. The real problem is committing to any of these solutions without breaking.

@BriarBeeBenson

Жыл бұрын

@@pentree986you don’t need to have a solution to a problem to point out said problem. If a busted pipe is leaking into my apartment I don’t need to be a plumber to go “oh, that’s not good, we should probably fix that.” and I also don’t need to be a plumber to know that the chosen solution is only sometimes fixing half of the problem. Or now the water has stopped leaking everywhere but we don’t have hot water anymore and the whole apartment now has water damage. I don’t need to know how to nor be able to fix that to go “hey this is a problem that is fucking up my life, it needs to be fixed”.

@Mlpzeldafan011100

Жыл бұрын

@@pentree986 get good, scrublord. Chug a coffee and simply get good.

@pchris

Жыл бұрын

ikr, if I'm the one who locked myself in the room, why won't I just walk out when I'm bored? Discipline is still needed.

@sufiyanhassan8259

Жыл бұрын

​@@pchris Of course it's needed. No one said dopamine regulation works like magic. Point is you can't really use willpower to force yourself to do hard things, but if you can use will power to avoid dopamine stimulation, after a certain period of time your baseline dopamine levels will restore and you will have the drive to delay gratification and do what you're supposed to do.

@sexysilversurfer

Жыл бұрын

Procrastination, I can just lie here and think about it for hours. KZread is my poison. I need to be able to detox from it and social media.

i genuinely think this is one of the main reasons behind meditation. sit in a dark room for 20 mins with nothing but your thoughts see how much focus you'll have for your work afterwards.

@em945

Жыл бұрын

😊

@Edwin6264.

Жыл бұрын

😍

@leikeize4781

Жыл бұрын

My tinnitus;

@nitolinilo9034

Жыл бұрын

@@leikeize4781 meditation with music, even though that can just lead your internal dialogue to focus on the music too hard instead of just listening to your thoughts

@angrydiver_4220

Жыл бұрын

When i meditate i start seeing visuals mostly colour, geometical patterns all sorts of random and very fast changing stuff, i like it especially doing it in the sun, idk his advice with a room with nothing in it would work for me if i force my eyes open or else my mind goes on journey.

Thanks man, appreciate the video

realest video. so much advice on youtube and this actually is practical

It’s amazing how free you feel when you finally do the thing you’ve been putting off for a long time. For me, there are some things that I’ve literally put off for years. Things that would honestly take 30 minutes or less to do. I wonder how many to-do lists I have that contain these same things over and over and over until I either give up and let it go or finally do them. I heard a quote once… “The only shortcut to success is to avoid all of that time wasted procrastinating.”

@trevnti

5 ай бұрын

Nah, cause then it reminds me that I only did 1 of the 1000 other things I’ve not done

@williamy4999

5 ай бұрын

@@trevnti better than 0

@jujubesification

4 ай бұрын

I feel worse when I've done things. So it doesn't work for me.

@slamkam07

3 ай бұрын

Really? I just wish i never had to do it at all. Or i go "ugh. Finally. Onto the next thing i dont want to do until i die"

@MrsWH-dz6jy

3 ай бұрын

Thank you. Will try this. Hoping for more success in being productive!

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@Kiwiaq

5 ай бұрын

Thank you!! I was not about to listen to this whole video with how slow he gets to the point just to hit the 10 minute mark

@FittedSheetGaming

5 ай бұрын

​@@Kiwiaqthere's a reason we're all watching the procrastination video, we ain't doin nothing important 😂

@RR-hl6zi

5 ай бұрын

You can always just speed it up... @@Kiwiaq

@JackAttack2509

4 ай бұрын

we need more people like you

@makesureyoulandbolts

4 ай бұрын

i am not smoking K2 are you crazy?

Definitely going to watch this later when i have a chance.

This was very helpful. Thank you.

My procrastination is from fear. I adore art, have spent a fortune on supplies, but don't do a thing with it for fear of failure. Heard it all before, don't be afraid just jump in and forget it. Easier said then done

@janedoe7259

6 ай бұрын

I am in the same boat. The fear of never creating what I have in my head, the fear of never achieving what I 'can'. Seeking perfection when I know I'll never be as good as I want to be. It's so difficult to get through and make stuff. Hope you find some inspiration or freedom from perfectin soon, good day ❤

@jumhed994

6 ай бұрын

Do you watch Struthless videos? He's an artist too.

@isabeedemski3635

6 ай бұрын

Swatch your colors. Test your brushes.

@jackedkerouac4414

6 ай бұрын

But surely you know that there's artists out there getting paid for shoddy work? I'm looking at AI generated art that I paid for wondering how a graphic designer didn't see that his characters had 11 fingers 😮‍💨

@Lily_The_Pink972

6 ай бұрын

My fear is not completing the task. I need to sort out photos and create a family history album but just never get starred. A lot of the time I just forget that I want to do it!

I learned this through 8 years of school (for a “4 year” degree). The greatest trick I learned in all that extra schooling I had to take was that in order to learn, you have to force yourself into a position of forward engagement. I wasn’t interested in learning because that academic stuff was far less engaging than video games (of which I’ve had a particularly addictive predisposition to all my life). So forcing myself to stay on campus and go to the library by making sure I always had hour+ breaks in between at least two classes so I wouldn’t be tempted to go home and play games was critical. After awhile, I found that the real progress I was finally making towards graduation (plus the thrill of actually learning something) was becoming motivation in and of itself. I started going to the library AFTER school as well, and setting goals to finish at least one to two assignments before allowing myself to go home to my comfort zone. Case in point, this video is excellent advice.

@balto9674

Жыл бұрын

Wow this post literally summarized my college experience as well. I also was heavily invested into video games except for me I treated it as something I would crash to at night after my schoolwork was done for the day, but there were quite a few times I would binge. I fully agree that the step to move forward is through pushing yourself instead of seeking instant gratification. I was on school campus as well trying to keep myself occupied on my studies more and also it helped mellow out my head a bit since overall university atmosphere especially around the library and coffee shops was pretty quiet and chill. For me it changed the same way it did for you to finally reach the goal of graduation. It worked for my bachelors, then to my masters with some hiccups in between and even after. But the drive to continually progress has always been there. Thanks for your post.

@harinirajesh3838

Жыл бұрын

I realised that a few years ago too. and it's worked (I stayed after school for the limited time that they let me) but there is no library nearby, so i'm forced to be home after 5pm. and I hate it. I don't know what to do, how to make home a setting where I won't have the opportunity to do something else. and my grades are going down. I don't know what to do.

@derekgornall

Жыл бұрын

@@harinirajesh3838 I’m not sure where you’re living at, but it sounds like a fairly small town. These days, since I’m out of school and dont have access to the same academic settings (but I still sometimes need to get work done on my computer) I’ll go to a cafe with wifi and plug in headphones and pop on some lofi. I will say that in my experience, it is technically possible to transition your home into a place to get work done, but it’s very difficult to do consistently and requires some rearranging (unplugging nearby consoles or tvs or altogether setting up a specific workspace if you have a spare room, which most students dont). Just from your comment alone though I can tell you care, and you’re here on this video like the rest of us trying to find a way to make it all happen, so you’re already on the right track man.

@Wsg_bo

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for sharing bro I’ll remember this

@harinirajesh3838

Жыл бұрын

@@derekgornall thanks :) for now I'm gonna put my phone away at designated hours - hopefully the sheer boredom gets me studying

Thank you Joey. In addition to the things you listed, I say that self control is key. We need to develop the skill. In my opinion we are not immune to the effect of our environment, but still we need to develop of self control and discipline to minimize distractions and be productive. I hope also this helps too.

Just added this to watch later

I'm a university student, and the only thing standing between me and my degree is completing my thesis. Everything is ready - the experiments, the development - but I just can't write it. I've been stuck in this process for months, finding myself constantly distracted by unrelated activities. Whether it's watching lengthy lore videos of obscure fictional universes, repeatedly solving Rubik's cubes, or working on side projects at my underpaid job (they won't pay me what I deserve until I have my degree). Today, I came across this video, and I'll try the technique mentioned here. I'll be back in a few days (I must finish my thesis soon or risk ruining my future) to update this comment. Wish me luck!

@krishneellall

5 ай бұрын

Best wishes! wishes to you!

@tomy1645

5 ай бұрын

I am in the same situation, but its not a thesis. Its just the end of the semester and everything I pushed for tomorrow is due really soon. I hate myself every semester for doing that.

@nooropiaa2253

5 ай бұрын

Did you do it?

@cadellrees5365

5 ай бұрын

how’s it going bud

@HovaNirvana

5 ай бұрын

Hello friend. Have you heard of the term “radical incrementalism”? Maybe the problem with getting started with your thesis is that you are trying to do it all in one fell swoop, whereas the solution might be just to work on it a little bit at a time. Not trying to write the whole thing right away, but maybe a page here, two pages there, a couple of paragraphs here, a paragraph there. Little by little it will all add up and you can revise if necessary because you’ll actually have something to work with. Basically the key is to start small and be consistent. And don’t try to force yourself to be more productive than you feel like being. Respect your natural rhythms.

this is extremely good advice... However I have the 'issue' that I can entertain myself very well for several hours with my thoughts, so the threshold for me to start actually getting bored is too high to integrate it as a strategy into my average life

@LarimaBeyondBorders

Жыл бұрын

I’m the same way. I can live in my daydreams for hours.

@MisterL2_yt

Жыл бұрын

@@LarimaBeyondBorders so let's find a way to solve procrastination together :D

@zeehuss7275

Жыл бұрын

@@LarimaBeyondBorders You may have a problem called Maladaptive Daydreaming,

@cylyte2436

Жыл бұрын

Oml same. For this tactic to have any sort of effect on me, I’d have to wait maybe 4+ hours (and even then it may not work) or if just have to have no exposure to outside media at all. Daydreaming is very fun, and with my imagination I have way too much fodder for it already.

@AnxP110

Жыл бұрын

Same here, is so fucking horrible, I already abandoned university because of that, I really wanted to overcome the problem when I entered, I tried and tried but the time doesn't wait for anybody, and the assignments started to accrue until it was too much to even try. I miss that moments when I had the hyperfocus due to leaving everything for the last minute, but little by little, that small advantage began to fade. I'm gonna start a new degree, I'm still trying but I'm too scared. Hope anyone in this situation can get over it.

awesome video bro you had me hooked

I hated myself for always for always procrastinating and not doing things that was good for me. I need money, I have opportunities to make money but I keep giving up and procrastinating. Today I broke down and this video popped up on my notification. I just found your channel. You've changed the way I think about it. Thank you ❤️

@egg3909

Жыл бұрын

If you want money just move to new zealand

As a 31 year old with depression and ADHD I've spent my entire life hearing literally everything execpt what I needed to hear, which was that ultimately, I'm responsible for my own life. Forget about fairness, forget about how society or the education system or your parents failed you. None of that will feed you, and you can't psychoanalyze a corpse. If you find tips and tricks to help, hey great! If sometimes you need to rest or unwind or even feel resentful because of your parents, or society, or your brain, fine, you can do that in healthy or unhealthy ways, but fine. Ultimately though, you're responsible for yourself, suck it up, tough it out, and get your work done.

@WarmongerYT

Жыл бұрын

You're not wrong

@sarawithnoh9449

Жыл бұрын

Is it bad that I'm taking this one comment more seriously than the video. I didn't even watch the video tbh, but something in this comment really resonated with me (probably the part about having depression and ADHD 💀💀), and I've never really heard it before. I'm responsible for myself, and I can let the shitty circumstances I'm in submerge me or I can rise above and be just as good, if not better than everyone else. ...Thank you, this was kind of a light switch moment.

@jaystaley2560

Жыл бұрын

@@sarawithnoh9449 It's a blessing to know that my comment helped anyone in any sort of way, thank you!

@sarawithnoh9449

Жыл бұрын

@@jaystaley2560 It really did help, I'll be reminding myself of this everyday.

@UnsettlingDwarf

Жыл бұрын

“ get your work done” as someone who has ADHD you should know that’s impossible.

this makes so much sense! Thank you

Thank you so much for this video. This video was what i was looking for

My strategy is simultaneously doing something i like while doing something i don’t like. For example, I’ll listen to music while cleaning or doing chores. It is something that won’t hinder the effectiveness of my work, but will help me feel motivated to get it done. If you are doing something such as schoolwork or an essay, I’d suggest listening to instrumental or piano versions of your favorite music so the lyrics won’t be distracting to your work.

@thatwolfinyourbackyard6011

10 ай бұрын

You've put into words what I always do and somehow not include 400 words of useless information unrelated to the topic so thank you!

@_Ginger_Tea_

8 ай бұрын

If you want to procrastinate less and concentrate better on studying you can study with me here. Instead of watching videos on youtube you can have a video of me studying and keeping you company, so you don't get distracted. I study for 1-3 hours with breaks in between while I keep you company If you're interested, feel free to study with study videos of mine Hopefully it will be useful for you ❤

@CommissarChaotic

6 ай бұрын

I dunno why, maybe it's because I was religious as a kid but I just play religious music or church music, stuff like that and think about doing it "in the name of God".. Other types of music work too but I fear having my consciousness recede to my mind, I did it before and in retrospect it felt like an infinitesimal inkling of what Jaunting while conscious would feel like, otherwise I tend to get too much into the music and start slowing down... I guess swearing to do something to a divine being does it for me... Wait... the Emperor and/or the Omnissiah isn't God... that's blasphemy or is it? It depends on the moment and I don't really believe in the sci-fi gods... I guess it's LARPing in a way that works for me. I'm sorry for this emesis of thought but it brings me catharsis to write something down and anxiety not to.... I apologise again.

I literally can turn off every distraction to try and write a story FOR FUN, as a HOBBY. But still need to endure like 45 minutes to an entire hour or more just to get past this feeling of near-paralysis, where I want to write but it feels agonizingly slow and tedious, and feels like I'm doing a bad job because I'm not properly focused and hardly able to come up with anything that sounds good. My mind seems as if it straight up "invents" alternative things to do or alternative things to think about once other stimuli is removed, just to not do something, and I get this sudden sensation of restlessness on top of it. Unless I just so happen to conveniently be in one of my completely random and unsustainable "inspired" moods. And if anything interrupts this "windup" period for any reason, it will most likely reset. This is also why I can't really do "just write a small amount of words per day, every day", because just to do that, I first have to invest so much time into doing nothing and forcing myself to focus that it works out to being really, really inefficient. If I finally do get the momentum going, I end up writing a lot more than that, it's just that even getting the momentum going is such a monumentally tedious task most days.

@isadora5826

Жыл бұрын

This!!

@neonight9

Жыл бұрын

My people! There's nothing worse than staring at your journal or your laptop for 40 minutes straight and not being able to write a single thing

@trst361

Жыл бұрын

The small fruits that come from the Inspired Mood feel so solid. Two continuous hours of 'inspired action' out of a week feels more meaningful than eight cumulative hours of sitting with the object (instrument, journal, book, course, etc.) I would have to devise a narrative that the eight hours, have meaning, but it would feel forced. The time thrown at the thing also leaves room for bad habits and patterns of thinking to form, or a feeling of desperation that will seep into the final product. "I'm planting invisible seeds," "the little time I spend here is contributing to the bigger goal." I hope those are true but I also don't want those counter thoughts to cut off what could be driving ambition. But also, tempering the driving ambition so that it doesn't tunnel vision into desperation (again). Inspired Moods, good feeling, real output, time-efficient, promotes good ethic/behaviors in and of itself, inconsistent Uninspired action, bad feeling, no output, time-inefficient, danger of bad behavior patterns, consistent if the patterns don't eat the will to practice/perform

@snoop_official

Жыл бұрын

Yo, what's up my homie. I feel you on the writer's block. It's a real struggle to get those words flowing sometimes. But you know what they say, ain't nothin' to it but to do it. Just sit your ass down and get to writin', yo. And if you need some inspiration, just put on some of my beats and let the flow take over. You got this, my man.

@LostJ

Жыл бұрын

Resonate with this a lot. I used to love creative writing when I was 10 and got lost in my words, but then in Uni/work the need for having to do it rather than just wanting to do it created so many negative emotions towards writing. Just the thought of it makes me uncomfortable unless like you said, theres a short burst of thoughts where you just *have to* spill it all out. Makes me question if I need something more stimulating in front of me as a career than just myself, a laptop and my thoughts.

wow thank u this is actually a life changing video!

Wdym this is EXACTLY what I wanna hear! Thank you!

I'm glad this works for some people, but this has never worked for me. I can sit in an empty room with nothing in front of me but the task that needs to be done and I'll just zone out and daydream because my ADHD brain just can not handle the lack of stimulation. What does work for me is just focus on doing the first small step of the task. Convincing yourself to do 20 press ups might be hard, but one press up is easy, and once you've started it becomes a lot easier to keep going. As a side note, I'm not convinced that study really proves how much people hate boredom. If I was given a button to press that would give me a small electric shock, I'd almost certainly press it just out of curiosity to see how bad it would be, even if I wasn't otherwise bored.

@saskiatrevor-jones9083

Жыл бұрын

was thinking all of these things exactly. ill just start singing or thinking really deeply about life or having loads of thoughts, I also have adhd. and also I would press the button out of curiosity not boredom, they should've used another method, like something you've already experienced.

@LazyKalor

Жыл бұрын

This. Social media are so addictive because of these small steps; checking artists on twitter is much easier than allocating 2+ hours of time for painting despite painting being much more entertaining than mindless scrolling. Also boredom can be easier than doing something, I can sit by my hobby desk with multiple things to do and simply look at the shelves, day by day, it's hell.

@vriska9001

Жыл бұрын

yeah, there's probably some other videos that are specifically aimed at ADHD people, which would be more helpful to us

@coreo6688

Жыл бұрын

Exactly, it's not that painting/drawing/working out/playing the guitar is not entertaining, it's mindblowing that I can do such things but social media and video games ARE LITERALLY MADE for the sole purpose of making others addicted by it and ADHD people get the worst out of it unfortunately...I am soon going to go to university, no more PC, but I am going to have my drawing tablet/liners and drawing blocks and right now I really dislike social media outside of 2-3 youtubers, so basically I'll only have colleagues, learning ,drawing and the gym with probably a lot of colleagues. That's the only way I've ever been able to make progress on something important, by sacrificing literally everything entertaining, but it's fine because those 4 listed things are not bad by any means and I know people who would kill to be able to do all 4, my neighbours have to go farming 12 hours a day every single day with no break, they are their own employees and are barely getting by...

@LazyKalor

Жыл бұрын

@@coreo6688 Thankfully I gave up on gaming by literally clearing my accounts so even if I want I have nothing easily accessible. And now it's time to disconnect from internet before I lost focus again, talking about this helped a little.