Motivation vs Procrastination
Reframe non-productive time. One of the reasons the exploration phase of the work is low value is that most of it doesn’t look like work. It’s lots of reading, and sitting and thinking, and doodling, and trying things that lead to dead ends. Non-productive time feels like a waste—but it doesn’t have to! One way to think about this kind of time is
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Non-productive is often framed wrongly so
Just set one day’s work in front of the last day’s work. That’s the way it comes out. And that’s the only way it does.
— John Steinbeck
Neurowissenschaftler haben mittlerweile gezeigt, dass bei chronischen Prokrastinierern tatsächlich eine veränderte Hirnaktivität im präfrontalen Kortex – dem Bereich für Selbstkontrolle und Planung – messbar ist. Das macht Prokrastination zu einem neurobiologischen und nicht nur zu einem Willensproblem.
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“Many people (by which I meant me) seem to feel as if they start off each morning in a kind of "productivity debt", which they must struggle to pay off through the day, in hopes of reaching a zero balance by the time evening comes. Few things feel more basic to my experience of adulthood than this vague sense that I'm falling behind, and need to cl
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🧠 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.
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Ronja von Rönnezeit.deThe most effective way to overcome both procrastination and reluctance and resistance to practicing is to just do it. Nothing works as quickly or effectively as diligence. The simple act of consistently sitting down and placing your attention on the meditation object, day after day, is the essential first step from which everything else in the Ten
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Dieser Text hätte vor knapp zwei Jahren erscheinen sollen. Zeit genug hatte ich, aber das ist das Problem mit genug Zeit: Man hat sie auch noch am nächsten Tag. Und dann kommt das Leben dazwischen, der beste Freund im Krankenhaus, der Bruder wird Vater, und die besten Saugroboter googeln sich nicht von alleine.
Ronja von Rönne • Prokrastination: Dieser Text Hätte Vor Knapp Zwei Jahren Erscheinen Sollen | ZEIT ONLINE
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.