Hi good people! What helps you to stop procrastinating? How do you push yourself? For me other than actual deadlines it’s a question “what did you do today to be closer to your goal?”. Works wonders.
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Deadlines, working on projects that excite me, and making myself write help me fight procrastination, Mariia Rudenko.
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thanks Maurice Vaughan Matthew Kelcourse and Dan Guardino ! I don’t have this often either, as writing is my happy place. But sometimes I find it hard to make myself write if I am not in high spirits. Gotta be happy to create
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You're welcome, Mariia Rudenko.
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One word: Discipline.
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Good habit forming. James Clear's book Atomic Habits has a ton of great ways to make systems in your life to help make tasks manageable and keep yourself progressing in the direction you want.
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Great recommendation, Ewan Dunbar
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Madeline Harley that’s very helpful! thanks a lot
Richard "RB" Botto absolutely agree
Ewan Dunbar the habit tip is really useful indeed. For now I write any free minute I have. but to just have an hour a day habit at certain time would be good too
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I write at the same time every day and make sure I have no distractions. Some days are more productive than others but I always put in the time.
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Structure and discipline. Just sit down and start, and then after a while you realize that you can't stop.
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If I feel bogged down, or if I'm procrastinating, I know I'm not centered. I'm either dwelling on the past or worrying about the future, and not fully present. Ever notice how kids don't do this? They just play - all their attention in the present. A playful attitude, i.e., writing without judging, letting everything be OK for the moment, even making myself laugh, usually gets me going.
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thank you a lot Robin Gregory . What you’ve described is really close to what I often experience. sometimes it works to be in the moment, sometimes I find it hard though. Nice catch about kids. True.
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Nick Phillips yeah, deadlines work like that for me. the closer to deadline it is the faster I write. Even inspiration comes from nowhere
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gotta try to indeed do it every day same time Thom Reese !
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For me, writing is a hobby. I'm retired and I do it because I love it. I don't push myself at all. If I'm not feeling it, I don't write that day. Once I lock into a fun story, it writes itself. The words just pour out. Sometimes that takes a long time to happen. Ideas need to germinate, ruminate, bounce off your friends, endure criticism - mostly my own. Once you latch onto one, the magic just happens. At least for me.
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I like your attitude, David Paulsen! It's pretty much the way I get things done, too.