This is more of a request than a review. My current akrasia problems have to deal with filtering and prioritization. I have a lot of simultaneous “projects” going on. This is to say that I want to do all of them, but usually get trapped in doing busy-work like planning and budgeting and research, instead of building and execution. I switch often which makes switching costs very high.
All of my projects feel very urgent to me. But none of them get done. Thoughts?
Maybe you have a subconscious fear of failure, that compels you to switch to a different project before you can be put to the test? Does it help to anticipate that you will fail in execution, multiple times, but persist until you finish?
Have you tried experimenting with the other extreme? Rank your projects. Pick the top project. Forget the others exist until that one is complete. It’s extreme, but if you try it once, experience completion, and change the way you think and feel about it, maybe you can then find a better middle ground?
This is more of a request than a review. My current akrasia problems have to deal with filtering and prioritization. I have a lot of simultaneous “projects” going on. This is to say that I want to do all of them, but usually get trapped in doing busy-work like planning and budgeting and research, instead of building and execution. I switch often which makes switching costs very high.
All of my projects feel very urgent to me. But none of them get done. Thoughts?
Maybe you have a subconscious fear of failure, that compels you to switch to a different project before you can be put to the test? Does it help to anticipate that you will fail in execution, multiple times, but persist until you finish?
Have you tried experimenting with the other extreme? Rank your projects. Pick the top project. Forget the others exist until that one is complete. It’s extreme, but if you try it once, experience completion, and change the way you think and feel about it, maybe you can then find a better middle ground?