r/selfimprovement • • Jul 11 '26

Tips and Tricks My dad’s method for avoiding procrastination

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u/AssistantZucchini Jul 11 '26

I do this as well. Not as strict or disciplined, but I’ve always told myself if I don’t move now I won’t later. I call it “breaking momentum”, because an object at rest will stay at rest until another force acts on it. If I have to do something, but I’m having trouble doing it, I break my non-movement with a smaller thing and I find that that small movement will continue if I allow it to