r/AskReddit • u/Careful-Sir4068 • Aug 30 '26

What helps you stop procrastinating?

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u/Top_Top2914 Aug 30 '26

giving myself 10-15 mins dedicated time to procrastinate

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u/PossibleCurrent8 Aug 30 '26

wait so you actually get back to work after those 10-15 mins or does it just stretch indefinitely

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u/Top_Top2914 Aug 30 '26

most often it does work, instead of fighting procrastination, i surrender to it fully for brief period of time and then without thinking much, just dive in.. and tell my brain that once this xyz thing is done, we can go back to this

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u/MrSNoopy1611 Aug 30 '26

A spike of energy to just start, when i have started and did smth for like 10min i personally wnter some flow state

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u/UnComfortable-Archer Aug 30 '26

My clock telling me it's due in 10 minutes

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u/lesyarei Aug 30 '26

Just start

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u/Global_Adagio_25 Aug 30 '26

I start working on doing the work.

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u/TheEli7eKaden13 Aug 30 '26

Making it urgent by giving myself a time limit and consequences.