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		peteretep on Jan 21, 2020 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Tricks to start working despite not feeling like i... One trick I don't remember the source of that I've used to great effect over the years is: - take a list of tasks you're procrastinating on - set a timer for five minutes - do just five minutes on task one. Then stop, and do the next, even if you were enjoying the first one - keep cycling over until you've unblocked them all

kerrsclyde on Jan 21, 2020 [–]

I've cut it down further, I'll do 30 seconds on a task just to get me going.

Then I can't cope with doing 30 secs on something and I'm up and running.

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