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today I wanted to sew up a hole in the shirt I wanted to wear so I sat at the sewing machine shirtless so that every time I would try to get up to go do something else, my tits being out would remind me oh yeah I want to sew this fucking hole in the shirt before I do anything fucking else.
unfortunately I wasn't able to finish setting up the sewing machine before my roommate needed me for something, so I just put on the shirt. it still has a hole. π
I just don't eat till the evening.
Hunger triggers a caveman response of "you need to work to get food" which keeps me productive.
This and my eating disorder are best friends π thankfully, body dismorphia bullies both of them harder than they bully me, so I end up hot.
Back in school, like secondary and high school, I used to drink to get my homework done and essays written in time. A sip between pages, or when it started to get hard to think. I quit drinking to smoke herbs and suddenly dropped out because I fell too far behind with all the essays, "weird."
When cleaning and organizing, no breaks. Break means I sit down until I head to bed, so the only option is to push until everything is done and/or I crash. Drinking plenty of water and not going to bathroom also helps, like "I can go to pee once I do this.. Okay I forgot, but I can go once I get this other thing done.. Oh, well after this.."
Also blasting fast music helps, I can dance and daydream while getting stuff done without thinking too much. But that might backfire and cause me to zone out too, slip into the daydreams and dancing. But that's good for my head too, so ehh.
When Frys was open and I had writing to do for work I would usually plan a run to Frys for candy, caffeine and whatever silly shit I could find. This would usually burn about 4 hours of time.
For whatever reason electronics shopping (even if I only bought some Jolt Cola) was the perfect procrastination to get me to focus.
Not getting stuck in the first place. From the moment i wake up i keep going until everything is done or it's evening.
Sitting down for too long and taking a rest is a good way to lose momentum.
That works, but I usually have to pay the price for it the next day.
That's going to be the unhinged part or at least more of it.
In the morning, before the brain even understands what's going on. Start again. Swallow the breakfast slop, chug down coffee, all while half asleep and then start moving again. The brain wakes up while already in motion.
I've noticed somewhere in the ballpark of max 1h in the morning, after that it starts to get harder to get moving. A time that I'm currently starting to run out of, so time to get moving and hit the gym.
Disclaimer: Of course people are different and it doesn't work for everyone and it likely has a cost associated to it.
Yeah, I'll just stay unproductive thanks.
I can't continue doing that indefinitely, but its usually how I get through the week when I'm not super motivate.
in college, I made a separate user that had no video games installed and knew none of my passwords. I made myself go to the library at a set time and had to stay for a set duration of working hours. I also used a social media blocker. Eventually it stopped working though and I would sit there and do nothing versus start.
Dangerous amounts of caffeine tablets taken on top of my elvanse dose, I need to get wired enough that lying in bed on my phone is impossible.
Back in the day I just did a line of speed before each task that needed doing. Considering how pure the shit we were getting back then was, and how much better my body functions on amphetamine compared to caffeine, this was probably actually healthier than what I do now. It was certainly more productive.
I offload some mental responsibilities to husband. I tell him what I want to do so if I forget he reminds me. It also makes me feel bad if I don't do them cause he knows what I wanted to do so I'm like...10 percent more likely to finish.
White lithium grease usually does the trick.
Bad part is that it leaves residue everywhere.
Thanks, dad
Put on music that demands that i move and swear/scream my way through it but that works maybe 2 out of 7 times.
Thereβs also βlet me pick something else to doβ and sometimes Iβll accomplish my intended task via procrastinating my other chosen task. Or I get the other thing done which isnβt bad either Β―\(γ)/Β―
Sometimes, alcohol works. It is supposed to be lowering inhibition, though the main downfall is that alcohol usually makes me calm and tired, not hyped up or aggressive like it seems to work for many other people.
Incredibly bad for health reasons so it's not recommended, and it's incompatible with tasks that involve operating heavy machinery such as cars or drills.
That's how I do my monthly tax stuff
I hate everything financial and a shot of alcohol before, and as a treat after, makes it easier to accomplish
Lately at work, when I have to work on something I don't want to do, I'll make myself work on the thing for 5-15 min, even if it's just adding a sentence, spell checking, or making small tweaks. Then, I'll browse on my phone for an equal amount of time. After a couple of rotations, I'll finally get some momentum and start making some real progress on my work, and I won't go back to browsing. If it doesn't work after a couple of hours, I'll go find some caffeine.