This sounds all too familiar. If you ever find a solution that works for you, please let me know. I found a very effective means to get organized--following the recommendations of the book _Getting Things Done_--but it doesn't help with the procrastination thing.
It could be that hypnosis doesn't work.
I dunno, some people think it really does; of course "only works for some people" is a classic possible cover, so...
I have been meaning to read that book...
(not really)
I was going to post yesterday, but it just didn't seem that important
Kirk, have you ever noticed that your readers are a bunch of smart asses? ;-)
Well, I really was planning on noticing that at some point.
I think there is a thesis in there somewhere. Yes, you could get published on that subject.... in the right journal... Don't bother wasting your time on Nature, they just want to look at nucleotides and such..
It's all about just kicking your own ass into action, but it's kind of hard to reach the ass with the front of your foot. . .so why try when you have the possibility of failing?
When I was a kid I'd briefly amuse myself with my ability to kick my own ass with my heel...it's not that much of a trick...
Yeah, you were a little dork, weren't you?
Hey, I SAID "briefly".
Of course, I had to try it again now to see if I could still do it.
And?
My skills remain intact. I credit yoga.
Earlier this year I made a list of the various personal projects I had started and had the intention of finishing. As I remembered other projects, I added them to the list. I also tried to give a current status & what the next step or current roadblock was. It ended up bing a rather long list (at least a dozen). But even doing that was a relief, because I had them written down. I could then focus on working on them in a more structured fashion and try not to add more to the list before clearing off one or two.
"Earlier this year I made a list of the various personal projects I had started and had the intention of finishing."
I read this sentence and at first all I could think of...he means learning to kick his own but with his heel?
I have a database I mean to use to keep track of porjects I do (mostly little techie things) but I haven't been updating it properly. Or much at all.