Procrastination is about managing emotions, not time
Yesterday I had a bit of a talk with myself about my behavior pertaining to procrastination.<p>I am addicted to:<p>- YouTube<p>- Gaming<p>Worse, I have quite a runway due to low living expenses.<p>I came with a new idea today, I hope it helps anyone else.<p>I need to get good at generating my own feelings. This is why I play games and watch videos. I do it to feel something.<p>In order to do that I need to stay as close as to the activity itself while doing it myself.<p>I came up with the following replacement rules:<p>TouTube —&gt; tell a story to myself. Yesterday I started a story about an alien who is a cat (and I wasn’t thinking about the show Salem even!). This cat&#x2F;alien has seen humans for 5000 years.<p>Games —&gt; digital product design. Yesterday I imagined how it is to design a newsletter, in terms of aesthetics and UX.<p>I hope this idea might help anyone. I sure haven’t read it anywhere.