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gideonisms · 2 years ago

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So let's say you've been procrastinating on an assignment for a week, it was due a while ago, prof accepts late assignments but you've hit a total brick wall and have tried

the power of that last minute adrenaline rush (doesn't work anymore, there are worse things than failing a class)

setting a timer for 20 min increments (managed a total of 20 minutes on the project 💀)

Promising yourself rewards (not working because not watching anything is better than doing the assignment)

Taking breaks instead and coming back to it (just doesn't happen)

sheer willpower. Just do it (again, happened for 20 minutes)

writing each tiny specific step I need to accomplish (didn't make it more bearable)

going to different locations

guilt

annoyance

frustration

What is the next step. Like what else can I even try

#aside from getting medicated #i know what it is too. it's a class designed to make us better at marketing ourselves. i didn't know that going in #but the projects are like stuff we'd be having to do to advertise ourselves as a freelance writer or to get hired at a company #and i have a thing about carefully presenting the best sides of myself. i know you have to do it sometimes as a human being #but it plays into all the masking stuff that made my life hell for most of my 20s #it's like the second i recognized that's what i was doing & i wasn't just bad at being human my brain said no we're not doing that anymore #your options are be genuine or lie down in a stupor #good luck getting through the next phase of your life i've just nerfed you #anyway more info than y'all needed but i'm just not sure how to navigate things when i know the exact reason i'm blocked #but i've tried all the typical solutions and just wound up feeling worse

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