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how to effectively do what you don't want to do? (lemmy.ml)

submitted 18 hours ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I'm a first-year university student. Right now, we're going over completely uninteresting topics that I’ve either already covered (or skipped) back in school. I have no motivation to complete the assignments because these subjects don’t interest me at all. I know that in the future there will be subjects I’ll enjoy, but for now, I’m stuck with all of this – and without any motivation.

As a result, I end up doing nothing all day, finding ways to distract myself just to avoid working on my university assignments. I don't like this at all because I’m not doing what I actually want to do. I "wait" until late at night, realizing I can’t procrastinate any longer, or I end up sacrificing sleep. It feels like a waste of time because I’m neither doing what I have to do nor what I want to do.

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

I do not. This is like the core of ADHD executive dysfunction. Stuff only happens in last minute panic mode. Meds help some. Anti-anxiety meds help some too. But I got through college by, frankly, just getting better at doing stuff at the last minute. Same thing that keeps me going in the corporate world.

(The pomodoro technique mentioned by another poster is also good though. It's not a perfect solution, but in some situations it has helped me get started on something to know "I'm not committing to finishing this, I'm committing to working on it for 25 minutes. Surely I can handle suffering for 25 minutes")

[–] [email protected] 4 points 14 hours ago

I tried pomodoro earlier and tried it already today. It's very good, like it.