Motivation vs Procrastination

When a person fails to begin a project that they care about, it’s typically due to either a) anxiety about their attempts not being “good enough” or b) confusion about what the first steps of the task are. Not laziness. In fact, procrastination is more likely when the task is meaningful and the individual cares about doing it well.

Interest-Driven ADHD Brains

🧠 Non-ADHD brains are importance-driven; they prioritize tasks based on their importance, even if they're not enjoyable.

🧠 ADHD brains are interest-driven; they prioritize tasks based on their interest level, often leading to procrastination on important but uninteresting tasks.

💡 When choosing a career path for someone

Instead of allowing myself a slow morning after a restless night, I go for a run.

Instead of relaxing on the couch, I'm teaching myself how to code.

Instead of avoiding a difficult conversation, I embrace it.

These things share one important truth: I know that I will feel better once they've happened. These actions are scalable because they optimize

Manchmal frage ich mich, ob ich ohne diese Prokrastinationsspiralen produktiver wäre. Erfolgreicher. Ausgeglichener. Oder ob gerade dieses Hadern, dieses ewige Ringen mit mir selbst, nicht auch eine Form von Qualitätskontrolle ist. Ob nicht gerade die Deadline – dieser Sonnenuntergang der Arbeitswelt – eine Art kreatives Momentum erzeugt, das

. Von außen mag es aussehen, als würde man sich mit Netflix ablenken, dabei läuft innerlich ein ganz anderer Film. Denn Prokrastination ist keineswegs einfach nur Faulheit oder mangelnde Selbstdisziplin oder schlechtes Umgehen mit der Zeit, auch wenn ich mir das sogar selbst vorwerfe: Die Wissenschaft widerspricht eindeutig.

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If all the procrastinator had left to do was to sharpen some pencils, no force on earth could get him do it. However, the procrastinator can be motivated to do difficult, timely and important tasks, as long as these tasks are a way of not doing something more important.

As fellow teacher Stephanie Nash is fond of saying, “A good meditation is one you did—the only bad meditation is one you didn’t do.” Take her wise advice to heart.