Why don’t I want to do anything?

[Tiffany Kate]

Also with you on starting things. I know when i finish the task i will feel good, and find it was not difficult at all. This does not change the absolute feeling of dread before i start a task.

I'm like, "You're being ridiculous. If you spent as much time doing this task as you are spending on avoiding it, you could have done it twice already."

Telling myself that only helps sometimes.

 

[AprilR]

I'm like, "You're being ridiculous. If you spent as much time doing this task as you are spending on avoiding it, you could have done it twice already."

Telling myself that only helps sometimes.

I use the reward system haha. When i finish the task i get to watch a tv show or blog! Also setting alarms help.

 

[Tiffany Kate]

I use the reward system haha. When i finish the task i get to watch a tv show or blog!

Me: "When you have done the task, you can have a cookie."
Also me: "The cookies are in the kitchen. And they are my cookies. I can have one any time I like."
Me: "..."
Me: "I think I need to consider this some more..."

 

[Mono]

But I find that putting things on the to-do list does make me more likely to do the things - not only because I don't forget them, but because having them sitting there on the list is more annoying than doing them and then crossing them off. And crossing them off always feels good (sometimes I even write stuff I've done on the list just so I can cross it off immediately and feel all productive).

This is so delightfully recognizable