I have trained myself not to put off sleep simply because I don’t want to brush my teeth or change into my pajamas. Neither of those things is important relative to getting to bed at a sane hour; so when I notice that what I am avoiding is not physically moving to my bed, lying down, and closing my eyes, but rather walking into the bathroom and performing my evening ablutions, I skip the latter. (Interestingly, granting myself permission to skip it often leads to me doing it, when I make it clear to myself that my choices are “go to bed without brushing my teeth, right now” or “go to bed after brushing my teeth, right now”.)
Clearly there is no point in discussing definitions. I thought something interesting might be occurring, but in fact, nothing was.
Relevant conclusion: The proper mental exercises can form an effective solution to OP-style procrastination, in which the bad part of the activity you’re not doing is very short, on the order of seconds or minutes. The other form of procrastination, in which the activity none is doing will be more fun than the activity you’re not doing for a long period, will remain unaffected.
I have trained myself not to put off sleep simply because I don’t want to brush my teeth or change into my pajamas. Neither of those things is important relative to getting to bed at a sane hour; so when I notice that what I am avoiding is not physically moving to my bed, lying down, and closing my eyes, but rather walking into the bathroom and performing my evening ablutions, I skip the latter. (Interestingly, granting myself permission to skip it often leads to me doing it, when I make it clear to myself that my choices are “go to bed without brushing my teeth, right now” or “go to bed after brushing my teeth, right now”.)
Before you trained yourself so, were you procrastinating?
Yes, but not about sleep, only about things I had erroneously entangled therewith.
Clearly there is no point in discussing definitions. I thought something interesting might be occurring, but in fact, nothing was.
Relevant conclusion: The proper mental exercises can form an effective solution to OP-style procrastination, in which the bad part of the activity you’re not doing is very short, on the order of seconds or minutes. The other form of procrastination, in which the activity none is doing will be more fun than the activity you’re not doing for a long period, will remain unaffected.