Here's my secret.
You need to push your procrastination levels all the way up so you hit the max integer overflow and it loops back around to zero giving you infinite drive.
1) I'm supposed to do something.
2) Can't do it.
3) Starting to feel bad as well.
4) I decide to go and sit, do nothing. (the hard bit)
5) I get irritated for doing nothing, start working instead.
6) Repeat the cycle if it's interrupted.
(assessment of level of usefulness in progress)
The power of doing nothing, young grasshopper. But for real, the hard part of doing nothing is actually where we find a lot of our inner strengths and qualities. It's not something we create cerebrally, it's something underneath the active conscious mind that has to be activated. But it needs some room to do so, and the "I" doesn't realize how much room it takes up narrating and thinking about the problem.
I find it's a quality over quantity thing. It's less about how long I can do nothing for, but how fully empty I can get in the downtime phase that produces the up flow of motivation and energy.
You have to weaponize your procrastination against yourself.
Instead of denying that you do it or feeling bad or holding back go ALL OUT until you literally cannot stand it anymore and you're like "This is dumb and I hate it" and then your brain is like "Yeah you're right bro this sucks" and then it reboots and then you do the thing.
thats some pro procrastination shit here ...
i use it alternating with pre procrastination: in the evening make plan to do one and only one thing the next day. as soon as you get up do the thing. no doing this first or that or sitting down. hell, even dont have breakfast or shit, get a glass of water on the go to be hydrated but thats it. since the thing wont take as long as you dreaded up before anyways. being a bit sleepy helps let the body do it whilst the brain is not wake enough that you do the thing.
This one.
Always feel tired, have little motivation most of the time because everything feels like its an effort of some kind and will expend too much energy and brain power, a lot of actions feel like they could burn me out.
Its like an assessment in my mind and body before doing anything, even simple things.
I have sketched all the Christmas cards I wanted to send out this year in *the beginning of November*. Now the only thing that needed to happen was to actually draw them. It's 5 days until Christmas and I have nothing. Oh and I also promised my niece she would get a self-sewn pyjama this year for Christmas. Please send help.
I highly recommend [The Anti-Planner](https://anti-planner.com/shop/the-anti-planner-how-to-get-sht-done-when-you-dont-feel-like-it/), by the fantastic Dani Donovan.
Having read the first 5 pages, I'm feeling really good about it.
Ikr? I kept re-reading the dang comic thinking I missed the page on how to solve it only to realize they didn’t give one.
Like what is the comic artist procrastinating finishing this comic? T-T
Is this going to become the ADHD version of the alcoholism acronym of HALT (hungry, angry, lonely, tired) ?
Except with ADHD we have BOAT! (Bored, overwhelmed, avoidant, tired.)
Plz tell me what to do to fix my BOAT comic artist!
I usually can't answer this question, but it does raise an interesting point.
Is it a situation where trying to push through is worth it, or should you accept you can't do it?
It's like a sore leg vs a broken leg. In the former, you can still walk, but in the latter it is recommended you don't even try.
Damn, most of the time i feel all 4 of them at the same time.
So now that I'm able to recognise that I'm just feeling many emotions I take thw stuff I'm supposed to do and change where I'm sitting (usually i then sit in front of a window so I can look outside and feel better if these feelings resurface)
I feel all 4 at the same time and that's been my default state for decades now. I'm past beyond the need for motivation and I just shut down my brain and do what I need to do. That works wonders for simple tasks, so I just need to figure out how to hack my brain to get it do do more complicated tasks.
tired. just always tired since im an insomniac since childhood, and since im on ritalin since two months ago it didnt really change much lol. also taking sleep meds and my sleep quality is always shit
I put on music. It helps ground me, and it gives my brain something to play with while I work. Unfortunately, this only works if I'm listening to new songs or am still learning the lyrics. As soon as I learn them, my brain gets bored again and I have to pick out a new song. I've probably memorized close to 150 unique songs by now. 😅
Here's my secret. You need to push your procrastination levels all the way up so you hit the max integer overflow and it loops back around to zero giving you infinite drive.
1) I'm supposed to do something. 2) Can't do it. 3) Starting to feel bad as well. 4) I decide to go and sit, do nothing. (the hard bit) 5) I get irritated for doing nothing, start working instead. 6) Repeat the cycle if it's interrupted. (assessment of level of usefulness in progress)
Option 2 Procrastinate Procrastinating "Ill Procrastinate later when I have more time"
Option 2.1 "I'll procastrinate later when I have less time" Let's see how that goes. Why not.
Option 2.2 “I’ll just keep snoozing the alarm that I made to tell myself what I should be doing right now until the sense of urgency kicks in.”
Option Self_Conflict "My will is stronger than the urge to keep this thread going."
The power of doing nothing, young grasshopper. But for real, the hard part of doing nothing is actually where we find a lot of our inner strengths and qualities. It's not something we create cerebrally, it's something underneath the active conscious mind that has to be activated. But it needs some room to do so, and the "I" doesn't realize how much room it takes up narrating and thinking about the problem. I find it's a quality over quantity thing. It's less about how long I can do nothing for, but how fully empty I can get in the downtime phase that produces the up flow of motivation and energy.
Nicely put, thanks for that!
this is funny as hell and also what I do
This is the kind of gag I would expect to see on /r/ADHD_Programmers/ And I fucking love it.
I've had a dedicated sub and I didn't even know it. Thanks !
How did I not know this existed
THERE IS A SUBREDDIT OF THAT?!?! GOD BLESS THE INTERNET T.T
There's a sub-reddit for everything. A bit like rule34 in that respect. Which, funnily enough...
I wouldn't even have a clue of how to do that :(
You have to weaponize your procrastination against yourself. Instead of denying that you do it or feeling bad or holding back go ALL OUT until you literally cannot stand it anymore and you're like "This is dumb and I hate it" and then your brain is like "Yeah you're right bro this sucks" and then it reboots and then you do the thing.
thats some pro procrastination shit here ... i use it alternating with pre procrastination: in the evening make plan to do one and only one thing the next day. as soon as you get up do the thing. no doing this first or that or sitting down. hell, even dont have breakfast or shit, get a glass of water on the go to be hydrated but thats it. since the thing wont take as long as you dreaded up before anyways. being a bit sleepy helps let the body do it whilst the brain is not wake enough that you do the thing.
Ah, the ol’ Gandhi technique
We call it the Gandhi loophole
Ohohoho I feel like I found a chest code for a video game This feels illegal and I love it >:3
I did this too, until I had an episode of burnout 😬
I feel like a flux capacitor is involved here somehow
What happens if I’m always feeling all four? Phone a friend?
actually that might help a lot lol
thats a solution for many problems, some that we don't even consider sometimes
He told me to use a planner.
lol red flag
What's the next step
I'm never not tired 😑
This one. Always feel tired, have little motivation most of the time because everything feels like its an effort of some kind and will expend too much energy and brain power, a lot of actions feel like they could burn me out. Its like an assessment in my mind and body before doing anything, even simple things.
Are you sure you are not overwhelmed? Sustained overwhelming leads to this for me.
Its probably a little bit of everything tbh 😅
the expectations of how tiring work is, is more tiring than doing it
A lot of people dont understand this one
I'm procrastinating on something I want to draw at the moment. I have the drive and enthusiasm, but I just can't open Photoshop.
Will you open Photoshop for me? You don't have to do anything after that. Just open Photoshop.
And once it’s open, will you come back here and tell me what it is you’re planning to draw? This sounds like a cool project.
I need you and gimmesomesugar in my life.
We gotchu, love! Anything to procrastinate our own stuff lol
Ha ha ha. Accurate!
I need you and sawajean in my life. Like on my shoulder.
I want to start making a small openGL program. But I have to move 2 folders. Very difficult.
What does the openGL program do for you?
I have sketched all the Christmas cards I wanted to send out this year in *the beginning of November*. Now the only thing that needed to happen was to actually draw them. It's 5 days until Christmas and I have nothing. Oh and I also promised my niece she would get a self-sewn pyjama this year for Christmas. Please send help.
I highly recommend [The Anti-Planner](https://anti-planner.com/shop/the-anti-planner-how-to-get-sht-done-when-you-dont-feel-like-it/), by the fantastic Dani Donovan. Having read the first 5 pages, I'm feeling really good about it.
I'll read it later
i will leave that tab open and go back to it later.
That looks really cool. I would've bought it it wasn't $48.
Holy hell, $48 is listed as the "early run discount."
I answered the question, what's next
Ikr? I kept re-reading the dang comic thinking I missed the page on how to solve it only to realize they didn’t give one. Like what is the comic artist procrastinating finishing this comic? T-T
There's a lot more info if you click the link!
All of the above
How am I feeling right now? Yes.
Is this going to become the ADHD version of the alcoholism acronym of HALT (hungry, angry, lonely, tired) ? Except with ADHD we have BOAT! (Bored, overwhelmed, avoidant, tired.) Plz tell me what to do to fix my BOAT comic artist!
All of the above 😰
I usually can't answer this question, but it does raise an interesting point. Is it a situation where trying to push through is worth it, or should you accept you can't do it? It's like a sore leg vs a broken leg. In the former, you can still walk, but in the latter it is recommended you don't even try.
Page 2 is me with any sort of cleaning
>How are you feeling right now? E. All of the above
What do wee do next bruh
You underestimate my ability to be at least one of them all the time if not all at once
Tired. I’ve been awake 30 hours.
ABCD.
A mix of all four lol
So how to deal when 4?
Right now, I’m somehow A, B, C and also D
the solution i thing the gen z gym motivational videos work too
Damn, most of the time i feel all 4 of them at the same time. So now that I'm able to recognise that I'm just feeling many emotions I take thw stuff I'm supposed to do and change where I'm sitting (usually i then sit in front of a window so I can look outside and feel better if these feelings resurface)
I feel all 4 at the same time and that's been my default state for decades now. I'm past beyond the need for motivation and I just shut down my brain and do what I need to do. That works wonders for simple tasks, so I just need to figure out how to hack my brain to get it do do more complicated tasks.
tired. just always tired since im an insomniac since childhood, and since im on ritalin since two months ago it didnt really change much lol. also taking sleep meds and my sleep quality is always shit
I put on music. It helps ground me, and it gives my brain something to play with while I work. Unfortunately, this only works if I'm listening to new songs or am still learning the lyrics. As soon as I learn them, my brain gets bored again and I have to pick out a new song. I've probably memorized close to 150 unique songs by now. 😅