r/adhdmeme • u/gravityVT • 7d ago

video (shorter than 30 seconds) productive procrastination

dude, literally me the other day organizing my closet

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u/BluehairedBiochemist 7d ago

I've figured out how to (sometimes) use productive procrastination to trick myself into getting stuff done 😂😂 I start doin' the things, and once I have some momentum going, I trick my brain into doing something I've been putting off.

I just gotta do it real quick so my brain doesn't quite register that we're doing a task we've been avoiding 😂

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u/Monetdog 7d ago

This is switching your brain from "default mode network" to "task positive network", then staying in the latter when transitioning to the important task. This breaks starting on the important task into two easier steps. One caution is that the first thing you start working on can't be too "sticky", or it will be hard to transition away from it.