This post is my 14-year old’s explanation of his new
approach to procrastination (that he adapted from an article he read on the
Internet):
“With everyday tasks, you’ll assign pleasure to some and
pain to others. Procrastination is
generally caused by people attaching pain to certain things and then wanting to
avoid pain. The trick is to try to attach pleasure to the things you don’t like
to do. This can be a reward, or anything that makes you happy for that matter.
An example of mine is doing my homework. Homework is normally something people
attach pain to and I found a way to attach pleasure to it through being able to
say, ‘I’m done with my work. I have free time now to do what I want.’ So now this
painful task creates pleasure – free time for me.”
What do you assign pain to? What pleasure can you assign to
that activity instead? Does doing that
help you get to it any faster?
Good luck,
~ Sophie
- “It is easier to resist at the beginning than at the end.” ~ Leonardo da Vinci
- “Only put off until tomorrow what you are willing to die having left undone.” ~ Pablo Picasso
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