Self Improvement
This Will Make You a More Productive Procrastinator: Conquering Life
How to do other stuff while being productive
Now, the title sounds a little bit ironic, namely the part about “Doing other stuff”, but I am dead serious.
It has been shown by research that just thinking about an activity you don’t want to do raises the activity in the insular cortex, a brain region involved in pain.
Now, in order to use procrastination in our advantage, we can try to set up a less “painful” task that is still productive. Instead of procrastinating and doing nothing productive, now we at least do something productive.
A very simple example of mine revolves around writing and reading. I like to write and read, but I absolutely dread to start such a process. Writing, however, seems to be more “dreadful” than reading, probably because it requires a lot more thinking and energy. So what do I do? I allow myself to procrastinate by doing something else: reading. Maybe not exactly what I have planned, but it’s still productive.
Again to clarify, starting a process usually is the most “painful” part. After a minute or so, the pain usually goes away.
What are some things giving you the feeling of procrastination…
