I’m thought I was clever and set up a whole central system to log the tasks that I need to complete and I did it in such a way that now I have no idea where to start and the list has grown so long it’s overwhelming to even look at
Me: completes task
Reward center: “I pretend I didn’t see that.”
This is why I’ve started giving myself treats after I finish something like dishes (sometimes during, too). It’s not much, but it helps get through it!
But you can just have the treat without doing the task.
Just take the treat.
Do it.
You know you want it.
There’s nobody stopping you.
There’s no immediate consequence for just taking the treat.
Just take it.
Do it.
You’re a bad influence. stuffs treat in mouth hole
the immediate consequence is now i gotta go get another treat. fills mouth with gummy bears
That’s why you do it while you’re doing the task! Sometimes after, sometimes during. Maybe always both.
Brain: “Did you realize that while you were doing that there were thirty other things you didn’t do?”
Is sleep one of them?
Or my personal favorite:
“There’s a chance that the thing I’m attempting isn’t going to be perfect straight away, so maybe I shouldn’t even try.”
You don’t miss 100% of the shots you don’t take!
I feel this so much.
New Lemmy Post: If only it were that easy (https://lemmyverse.link/lemmy.dbzer0.com/post/36163102)
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