This popped up for me today, and I realized is very close to how I manage to trick myself to get things done even when it feels like my body’s parking brake is on.
To me it feels like just “building momentum” in any way helps. If I’m in working mode, it’s easier to pick up a cleaning task than if I’m in sofa mode. Sometimes just cleaning some lint from the table is enough to get the ball rolling.
Does anyone else have this, or similar techniques?
Where’s the hack? This is just a list of chores.
If I don’t want to clean the bathroom, why would I want to walk my dog then do the dishes then hang my sweaters and then clean the bathroom? I don’t want to do any of those things.
Walking the dog and doing the dishes are examples that work for her. In general, pick smaller things that you wouldn’t struggle to start with. The trick is that once in motion, you have fewer hurdles between you and what you need to do.
I have to create a “reward” for myself for most tasks outside of work. At work I can sometimes just hyper focus through my day, but home chores are sometimes like I’m pushing a boulder uphill. If I know I can do an interest right afterwards, or at least convince myself I possibly can, it makes doing most things a little easier. For example, to do the dishes, I watch YouTube/TV show/movie to make it something I don’t 100% despise (only an issue when I spend 20mins zoned into my media and my hands stop doing things lol).