>>8081644Something I heard about procrastination/complacency was that doing something more difficult than the thing you’re avoiding will require your brain into making it much less daunting or overwhelming - it’s why you might clean your house or do something else that may be productive but easier than the big task. Do something difficult.
Cold showers/plunge have all sorts of physiological benefits and I feel great after stepping out. But what I’m most interested in is gritting your teeth through the first couple of seconds, especially if it’s straight out of bed. Overcoming that hesitation when you’re standing naked right before you go in. Mastering the skill of forcing yourself to do something you really don’t want to do. Or something like the horse pose- hold out for as long as you’re mentally capable.
I can’t say it’s cured my procrastination but I’m a lot more inclined to take on challenging situations and do a much better job of staying on top of my work than I used to. Unironically David Goggins helped me “embrace the suck”. His podcast with Huberman talks about this part of your brain that gets bigger the more sucky things you do, increasing your threshold of pain. Yours is probably small. There’s only one way to make it bigger.
As for my piece of advice, don’t put off the the little things, do them as soon as they come up and forget about them. That 15 minutes of discomfort beats the weeks or months of stress from it hanging around your neck.
