slowly painstakingly learning that if i feel overwhelmed by having like 15 things on my plate i can literally just lie down and not-look-at-a-screen and wait - for over an hour if necessary - until one of the things feels doable and then do it
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it sounds kinda too simple when i write it out like this but this is the fruit of flailing around aimlessly for a month straight
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i think i’ve been forcing myself to transition between tasks too quickly almost my whole life
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it turns out that “try to force myself to do the thing right now, fail, procrastinate for 2 weeks” is actually much slower than “wait 5-100 minutes until the thing feels doable” even though the second feels like i’m being way too luxurious about time
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it's catching on
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analysis paralysis? "executive" dysfunction?? brain bad??? I invite you to try this thing I invented called JUST SITTING THERE
literally just just sit there and do nothing until you get bored and you're like, "oh". the trick is no screens or anything 𝒾𝓃𝓉𝑒𝓇𝑒𝓈𝓉𝒾𝓃𝑔
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Procrastination can be a useful tool
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this post is my spirit animal
it sounds so delightful, but i need to be tenderly reminded that im even allowed to do such a thing
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going for a walk works even better. why lie down if you can get those juices flowing?
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Depends on the weather
But this whole strategy can lead to a vicious cycle of increasing fragility and feeling overwhelmed at lower and lower loads.
I’d explain more but I just woke up from my nap and am recovering with coffee.
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