#procrastination

#procrastination

Do you look at your To Do List and see all the things you need to do, but decide to procrastinate instead? Or go on YouTube or Tiktok instead of finishing your tasks? This method might be for you. I've tried so many things to try and get stuff done. But I found nothing worked. Until I tried this method. I call it the " Anti-Pomodoro" technique. I've seen a video where the creator called it the "Breadcrumb" method. But the foundation is the same. The answer? Work in 5 minute sprints. Press enter or click to view image in full size

I remember the eureka moment I had about procrastination when I was still a high school Latin teacher. There was a lot of talk about "time management" and "SMART" goals going around the faculty in-service day training. But then one of the teachers spoke out, "This isn't time management as much as it's about an emotion they'd rather avoid." At the time, I volunteered to be a practice client in a coaching session,

In seconds, they had pulled up ChatGPT and dropped the text into the prompt box, which spat out an AI-generated annotation of the chapter. These annotations are used for discussions; we turn them in to our teacher at the end of class, and many of them are graded as part of our class participation. What was meant to be a reflective, thought-provoking discussion on slavery and human resilience was flattened into copy-paste commentary.

The reality is that many aspiring authors overestimate their chances of financial success from book sales, often minimizing the hard work and dedication required to publish.

Loneliness is not merely an absence of others but a feeling of having too few friends, potentially leading to procrastination as tasks seem overwhelming.