Reading about your own experiences with these strategies makes the article so much more relatable. I'd love to hear more about a time when you successfully used temptation bundling or overcame procrastination. Sharing those real-life examples would be incredibly inspiring!
That’s a great idea Alexander, I should include my own experience with strategies I tried. The only thing I am worried about is that the article will become too long.
If I didn’t set myself goals I wouldn’t get anything done as I can be a bit of a procrastinator at times. My husband will say “what are you thinking” “nothing” is my reply. But most of my day is completing the tasks I have set for myself even if in small increments. Once again it annoys my husband because I get side tracked, but I do complete everything at my own pace. Tasks completed and now I am sitting reading 😁 and relaxing 😌
You sound so much like me Sally. I too am completing tasks I have set for myself, all day long, a little bit at a time. And your husband sounds like mine too. He gets annoyed that I live in my own world all day. Each morning, in my diary, I write what I did the previous day. An accountabilty and memory aid.
After having morning coffee with one of my friends this morning I have come to the conclusion that as we get older all husbands are the same. Could it be that they are all retired and don’t keep as busy as us?
Tackling impulsivity and incorporating fun into my goals and tasks is something I would like to work on more. We consider impulses as our rewards sometimes and we indulge in it while we are actually over gifting ourselves. Also making our task fun makes it more tempting to do and prevent procrastination.
Nice to hear from you Shanjitha. Rewarding ourselves after a task is a good strategy. Using reward as an incentive to finish a task is another one. Like Isha Jain said she tells herself that she can’t read another chapter unless she makes notes on the first one. I am going to follow her lead.
It does. Fun makes us look forward to things we did not want to do. I recently startle handwriting my posts as London Diary. That made them real fun. I know you skeck too, for your posts. They are very nice.
Reading about your own experiences with these strategies makes the article so much more relatable. I'd love to hear more about a time when you successfully used temptation bundling or overcame procrastination. Sharing those real-life examples would be incredibly inspiring!
That’s a great idea Alexander, I should include my own experience with strategies I tried. The only thing I am worried about is that the article will become too long.
That’s fair!
If I didn’t set myself goals I wouldn’t get anything done as I can be a bit of a procrastinator at times. My husband will say “what are you thinking” “nothing” is my reply. But most of my day is completing the tasks I have set for myself even if in small increments. Once again it annoys my husband because I get side tracked, but I do complete everything at my own pace. Tasks completed and now I am sitting reading 😁 and relaxing 😌
You sound so much like me Sally. I too am completing tasks I have set for myself, all day long, a little bit at a time. And your husband sounds like mine too. He gets annoyed that I live in my own world all day. Each morning, in my diary, I write what I did the previous day. An accountabilty and memory aid.
After having morning coffee with one of my friends this morning I have come to the conclusion that as we get older all husbands are the same. Could it be that they are all retired and don’t keep as busy as us?
So true.
I agree with all these points, especially having fun with change. Fun always helps with everything!
Thank you Neera. Interesting post
Thank you Nalini.
Tackling impulsivity and incorporating fun into my goals and tasks is something I would like to work on more. We consider impulses as our rewards sometimes and we indulge in it while we are actually over gifting ourselves. Also making our task fun makes it more tempting to do and prevent procrastination.
Nice to hear from you Shanjitha. Rewarding ourselves after a task is a good strategy. Using reward as an incentive to finish a task is another one. Like Isha Jain said she tells herself that she can’t read another chapter unless she makes notes on the first one. I am going to follow her lead.
Ah! That is how I write when I have found a great book. Tell myself you can read another chapter after you write these 500 words.
That’s such a cool way. Can’t read the next chapter until you note down what you learned in the one you read.
That is another way to go about it! Whatever suits someone.
It does. Fun makes us look forward to things we did not want to do. I recently startle handwriting my posts as London Diary. That made them real fun. I know you skeck too, for your posts. They are very nice.