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I've put off replying to this.
Thanks everyone lots of thoughts and stuff to read. I'll do that later...
A procrastinator club does sound epic in its doomed to failure.
I have actually arranged a workplace "study club" for a few of us who have stuff to do... degrees, chartership etc. First meeting next week... We'll see how that goes.
once you understand how your brain works then it helps 100% to figure out ways to help yourself.
Many of us probably have a good idea of how our own brains work. The people who really need this information are our bosses!
A diagnosis may help with that too.
Many of us probably have a good idea of how our own brains work.
Not so sure about that. Lot of people don't seem to know what the best learning style is for them.
Not so sure about that. Lot of people don’t seem to know what the best learning style is for them.
Possibly just as well then that education thinking is moving away from the idea of learning styles altogether then?
A fair amount of research evidence coming through now that suggests that there are certain 'universal' elements to learning (especially in terms of recall and retrieval) that work regardless of personal preference or individual need.
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Oh yes recognise all that.
Can you ditch stuff that you feel you 'ought' to do but don't want to or can't actually manage?
Even look at stuff like 5/3/1 task allocation - sounds perverse to suggest stuff that forces you to get on with things but maybe it's the fear of making the start.
Even starting to make a list of what you'll need for a task (repairing bust tyre) is an achievement.
Funnily enough starting isn't a huge problem unless I really don't want to do it.
Interestingly I don't tend to do stuff I want to do in place of tedious tasks. I seem to have the "you should do this before you have fun" then just sit there not doing it while I think about all the other things I could do.
A fair amount of research evidence coming through now that suggests that there are certain ‘universal’ elements to learning (e
Largely as a complement to what we understand about visual vs auditory vs reading as the most efficient way to remember/ recall but also, and more importantly, understand information. That's what I was referring to.
Funnily enough starting isn’t a huge problem unless I really don’t want to do it.
Interestingly I don’t tend to do stuff I want to do in place of tedious tasks. I seem to have the “you should do this before you have fun” then just sit there not doing it while I think about all the other things I could do.
Which is pretty common to both procrastinators and folks with things like adhd. If you don't have enough e.g. dopamine to keep your mind ticking over, doing something unrewarding is really difficult. The tyranny of the shoulda. What happens if you do the fun thing first - are you able to them do the boring stuff?
Interestingly I don’t tend to do stuff I want to do in place of tedious tasks. I seem to have the “you should do this before you have fun” then just sit there not doing it while I think about all the other things I could do.
This rings true with me. lost count of the times i have sat and thought about what i should be doing to get a job finished (that i've already started) and not achieved anything!
My current plan is to only have one job on the go at one time (as mentioned above) work steadily to the goal of completing that single task, no matter how small, and (try) not starting anything else until its done.
Interestingly I don’t tend to do stuff I want to do in place of tedious tasks. I seem to have the “you should do this before you have fun” then just sit there not doing it while I think about all the other things I could do.
I get this every week day. I don't feel like I should go riding when I should be working, but I can't make my brain work, so I STW all day then it's too late to go riding and I haven't done any work either.
It does help to just think **** it and go riding anyway.
In answer to the OP, it does seem you can get treatment for this. There was a lady on Woman's' Hour today who did just this, well worth a listen. I started off thinking it was another First World Problem therapy but she made some really good points that got me thinking.