I think the ideal here is to be able to reflexively notice in the moment “this is bad and I should fix it”, and then actually doing something about it. But this is really hard to consistently pull off. For me, a major bottleneck is that it takes a lot of attention and willpower to do this reliably in the moment.
I’ve found that I can get a long way by systematising it—creating a regular time when I dwell on “what opportunities am I currently procrastinating about?” Or “what is a low level inconvenience that I’m not doing anything about?”. I find a weekly review is a great time to go through questions like that.
I find this really, really helpful, because it’s easy to make something like that a routine, and it takes much less willpower than being agenty in the moment. And it also makes it easier to track things when they happen, because I can notice and make a note, and put in the actual effort to fix it during the weekly review
I think the ideal here is to be able to reflexively notice in the moment “this is bad and I should fix it”, and then actually doing something about it. But this is really hard to consistently pull off. For me, a major bottleneck is that it takes a lot of attention and willpower to do this reliably in the moment.
I’ve found that I can get a long way by systematising it—creating a regular time when I dwell on “what opportunities am I currently procrastinating about?” Or “what is a low level inconvenience that I’m not doing anything about?”. I find a weekly review is a great time to go through questions like that.
I find this really, really helpful, because it’s easy to make something like that a routine, and it takes much less willpower than being agenty in the moment. And it also makes it easier to track things when they happen, because I can notice and make a note, and put in the actual effort to fix it during the weekly review