set a timer for yourself to do the thing you've been procrastinating for five minutes. then work up to 10, 15, etc.
i often feel way better after I Do The Thing. the procrastination part is usually just dreading getting started, but once you do the task tends to go by quickly, esp if you put on music or a TV show in the background. calling a friend or just having them in the room to body double is helpful as well if you are of the ADHD persuasion.
i totally understand the fear of failure though - i often let wanting things to be "perfect" get in the way of "good enough". not that you should half-ass things, but go a little easier on yourself. i'm sure whatever project you're working on will turn out 10X better than you think it will. best of luck xx
Mar 15, 2025
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Oftentimes, perfectionism prevents us from starting that project or taking that first step forward. We’re afraid the output is going to be crap. One thing that helps to take the pressure off is just making that your goal, or making the output bad on purpose. Getting started is the hard part. Go ahead and put yourself in the mindset of a hack. Chances are, you are better at whatever you’re trying to do than you think you are.
Once you have a draft version, unless you truly DGAF, your brain will naturally motivate you to make gradual improvements until it’s something you can live with.
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give your body/brain the time it needs, the writing will flow back to you when its ready (maybe try another silly creative outlet that you can fuck around with and avoid trying to perfect it, ease the creativity back into your brain) OR remember that some of your opps are probably pushing thru the procrastination (this works most times for me... i will finish all my work asap)
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force yourself to start a project that you've been ruminating on for a minute but instead of committing to finishing it, start various other lower stakes projects whenever you're "supposed" to be working on the original project. this is literally the only way i get anything done
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i went to an all-girls boarding school in western Massachusetts. almost got expelled, DID get suspended for some dumb, regular teenage shit that the faculty reacted to like i was an actual felon instead of a 15 yr old, formerly homeschooled goody-two-shoes. anyway, it recently came out that one of the history teachers that has been there for 30 years was grooming and SA'ing girls and the faculty had been covering it up. luckily i was never involved with him, never had a class with him, but its still weird knowing that he was a dorm parent and would do week-end nightly check-ins in the dorms, he lived at school with us practically, had a house directly next to campus, etc. i wasn't close with him but i KNEW him, he gave me bad vibes, and now 30 years later all his shit and the schools shit is getting aired out. feels good to be vindicated in my suspicions and the unfair treatment of students at that hellschool but my heart goes out to the many victims, named and unnamed, that he violated over the years.
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