Fellow #octodontists what are your methods for focusing on work you would much rather avoid?
How do you conjure up focus, summon the will to complete, create a you that produces rather than consumes?
My weakness is beginning and I'm looking for signposts leading forward.
@Mainebot I intentionally allow myself to procrastinate until the stress from not doing it outweighs the dread of doing it.
They key is that I give myself permission to procrastinate, which prevents stress buildup due to doing something I'm not supposed to be doing (which is paralyzing instead of motivating) and let's the helpful stress just do its thing.
@milo I get that, it's like giving yourself permission to do things on your own time. I know people who can just sit down and start powering through mountains of work without the song and dance I seem to go through before I can even get to the keyboard.
@Mainebot some people have an iron will. I have a spaghetti-like-substance will that I've gotten very good at manipulating.