> * I tend to leave things to the last minute. Most of the time it usually goes very well, unless I've heavely understimated the task which happens 1/10 times. Most of the things I need to do are important but not urgent, so they require to be proactive
Rather than trying to force yourself to be proactive, I found success by eliminating all my sources of distraction. After my wife put a passcode on my phone for using HackerNews and Reddit and YouTube, I magically found myself avoiding work less!
https://taylor.town/parental-self-controls
> * I get bored or distracted easily, I don't belive in ADHD, but according to the definition I definetly have it. So thats why I sometimes prefer tinker with a RPi on a project that has my interest instead of the ticket I know I can finish by just focusing 15min.
I recommend keeping a /now page with your personal "sprints" in the future. For me, what causes tinkering rabbit-holes is twofold:
- being afraid of not every getting back around to THE REALLY COOL IDEA
- not being realistic about how long the rabbit-hole will take compared to the rest of your wish-list
> * As typical in procrastinators, I tend to ignore big tasks because they seem difficult or tedious, but when you start doing them most of the time I get into the flow in about 15mins into the task making me wonder why did I took so long to start the task.
A lot of my procrastination comes from imagining that a task won't fit in an allotted block of time. I've made a personal mantra of "scrounging for between time".
https://taylor.town/between-time
> * Also, you may relate to this, I have 2000 videos on my youtube watch later playlist and lost count on my "To read" bookmark on Chrome.
Those lists will haunt you until you decide it's fake and unimportant!