Last week i was chatting away to my counsellor, and we came up with a novel idea, body doubling works for most of us to get stuff done, makes it easier to get up and start when others are doing a thing.
For me it also works the other way, if everyone else is sitting down, watching TV and winding down, i find it really hard to get up and do the things i’d rather do, like near impossible.
Anyone else notice anything similar?
Yes, absolutely. I get annoyed with my girlfriend when she plays with her phone while I’m cooking dinner, for no other reason than that it makes it extremely hard for me to focus on cooking. I’m happy to cook, and I’m happy for her to relax while I do so, but in practice this kind of body doubling effect is really disruptive.