This is why I've started giving myself treats after I finish something like dishes (sometimes during, too). It's not much, but it helps get through it!

[–] LouNeko@lemmy.world 14 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

But you can just have the treat without doing the task.

Just take the treat.

Do it.

You know you want it.

There's nobody stopping you.

There's no immediate consequence for just taking the treat.

Just take it.

Do it.

[–] FediNeko@lemmy.dbzer0.com 9 points 2 weeks ago

You're a bad influence. stuffs treat in mouth hole

[–] Telorand@reddthat.com 1 points 2 weeks ago

That's why you do it while you're doing the task! Sometimes after, sometimes during. Maybe always both.

[–] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago

the immediate consequence is now i gotta go get another treat. fills mouth with gummy bears

[–] makyo@lemmy.world 14 points 2 weeks ago

I'm thought I was clever and set up a whole central system to log the tasks that I need to complete and I did it in such a way that now I have no idea where to start and the list has grown so long it's overwhelming to even look at

[–] davidagain@lemmy.world 5 points 2 weeks ago

I feel this so much.

[–] Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 2 weeks ago

i think the thing that has worked best for me is taking the tasks i need to do and splitting them into the smallest steps possible, and just do at least one of those subtasks (ideally as many as i can manage) and then grabbing my brain by the collar and informing it that i will feel satisfied with myself today because i did a task. And if i really cannot manage to split up tasks and do anything, then at least invent some task you can do even if it's technically pointless, like doing one (1) situp or whatever.

Eventually it has become second nature to split up the tasks like this, and my brain has begrudgingly accepted that it's supposed to feel rewarding.