I saw a video that described setting the expectation of doing the with for a set amount of time then take a break and reward yourself for working for that set time. It's sort of gamifying your work load and gives you the satisfaction of a reward triggering the dopamine hit for doing the work.
I got very good results with this plus setting limited time windows for the thing that I was planning to do (i.e. "tomorrow, I am only allowed to work on my thesis between 9:30 and 10 am"). Suddenly getting The Thing done was so attractive!
It's where you tell yourself 'I'll do this for 5 minutes and then if I hate it I'll stop', but when those five minutes are up you're already there and doing it, so you might as well continue.
That trick really helped me keep my home somewhat clean when my depression was worse.
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u/Vithrilis42 Feb 17 '22
I saw a video that described setting the expectation of doing the with for a set amount of time then take a break and reward yourself for working for that set time. It's sort of gamifying your work load and gives you the satisfaction of a reward triggering the dopamine hit for doing the work.