Thank you! Knowing someone that I'm assuming doesn't do this professionally has done it and not been so put off by the process that they did it repeatedly is genuinely really helpful in itself!! I made a mistake at the start of lockdown 1 of watching a YouTube of a guy demonstrating how to regrout and recaulk a bath/shower that took him about 45 minutes and looked really simple, yet I was there 6 sweaty hours later part covered in paste and wishing I'd procrastinated longer. All my DIY to-do's have really lengthy periods between thinking and doing with far less guilt nowAll such relatable experiences!
I write endless lists too (absolutely love Google Keep for this!)
This week I need to:
* RSVP a wedding invite + email them (bleh!)
* Check on the plan for my mam's birthday and communicate with her about it
* Finish sanding the bureau I've stripped, order the wax I need, apply a couple of coats, and put the whole thing back together —I'll need to do a bit every day to get this done in time for the start of start of term.
* Do my morning walk every day - I've totally let this slip lately.
* Keep on top of the basic household upkeep stuff - I've got a massive week at work and I really just need to not let everything go totally to shit at home. Partially to shit, max.
We can totally do these things!! Let's go, procrastinators!!
@oksobasically I've laid every floor in my whole house, including the bathroom - you can almost certainly do it yourself! Let me know if I can help
This is me! But I'm not working at the moment so the procrastination personality has well and truly taken over.I think I procrastinate with my own personal stuff because I’m the total opposite at work. It as if I get home and totally switch personalities.
Me too.Thanks for starting this thread. My procrastinating depends on my mental health. If I’m feeling low or lacking in confidence I can’t get motivated and I find it so difficult to actually do anything.
I truly thought I'd done loads today, it's been a busy one. I scrolled up to see the things I wanted to do today and I'd forgotten 2 of them that would have been easy to do, whoops. Some progress though! Mondays are always hard to get going with - is anyone making good progress?How's Monday gone for everyone?
I knocked a couple of things off my list todayIt's exhausting, doing the bare minimum of normal stuff for just one day!
Priorities this week for me that I'm going to be accountable on here with:
-finish a website that's it's been under maintenance since May, and almost totally completed in May - something about just finishing it that I'm hitting a wall on
-book flights visit a friend next month
-reply to an email I've been ignoring
-look up how complicated it is to redo bathroom flooring yourselfbuy vinyl tile samples; choose 1; order for room
I've not answered the poll because in true procrastinator style, I'll come back to it laterI've not answered the poll because in true procrastinator style, I'll come back to it later
My life is a study in procrastination. I can't even admit certain things I've put off for YEARS.
It all started when my dad died when I was 25. I think I rebelled against adulting and responsibility by relentlessly putting things off. And it's continued basically for 25 years(I'm now 50 and have 2 ardent procrastinator children - they are in their 20s. I told them 2 years ago to choose new furniture for their rooms. They still haven't 'got round to it')
My current main items are house/ garden. In the short term, I have guests coming next weekend. Between now and then I need to
Rake the garden
Jetwash and oil my decking
Buy new cushions and lights for the garden plus food, drinks etc
Jetwash my drive and paint the front steps
Plus clean my whole house
I was also considering redecorating my downstairs loo but realistically that won't happen!
I intended to start the above this weekend.
Needless to say I didn't.
So that list starts tomorrow (as ever!)
I will report back tomorrow with progress (or lack of!)
I felt a sense of achievement one year when I did my tax return by middday on Jan 31st!Thanks for this! I'm a dreadful procrastinator, except when the deadline turbobrain kicks in eg 7pm on 31st Jan to get the tax return in by midnight. I think it's a combination of perfectionism (see dsm iv for obsessive compulsive personality hahaha - not the same as ocd) , anticipatory anxiety /overwhelm and now the sheer bloody boredom of repeatedly doing the same tasks for 35 years. I did manage to defrost and reorganise the freezer yesterday, no idea what I actually went into the kitchen to do! A list of what I want to get done... I'll come back tomorrow with that. Probably.
I’m like this when there isn’t a deadline! I try to sometimes think how I will feel after doing the thing I’m putting off. Relief, sense of achievement and all that good stuff! I wonder if you were to fine yourself if you don’t get that document scanned give/donate money to a cause/person you can’t stand! That worked for me many years ago!Well I achieved zero off my list today.
I somehow convinced myself that I needed to tidy up first, but that ended up taking me all day. Rather than just put something away I decide to completely reorganise thingsI do now have a wonderfully alphabetised wine fridge
Still not scanned that sodding document …. Maybe tomorrow
This is definitely it for me - just getting started is the hardest part! I do find the UFYH 20/10 or Pomodoro really liberating in terms of both starting and perfectionist tendencies.I struggle with the action side, so someone said do 1 minute which sounded ridiculous at first, but once I’m there doing it the action makes me want to continue to maybe 5-10-20 minutes.
I do this a lot!Ive been meaning to comment on this thread since it started
Lists are the only way I can get by and manage the bare minimum to keep things ticking over, and it does have to be the bare minimum because too much to do = overwhelm = cba.I can only survive by writing a list for everything including housework, meals, things for the kids, work etc. I use an app called evernote where I make checklists.
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