Procrastination

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My Algorithm for Beating Procrastination

lukeprogFeb 10, 2012, 2:48 AM

146 points

138 comments7 min readLW link

Working hurts less than procrastinating, we fear the twinge of starting

Eliezer YudkowskyJan 2, 2011, 12:15 AM

364 points

162 comments3 min readLW link

How to Beat Procrastination

lukeprogFeb 5, 2011, 6:49 PM

276 points

162 comments15 min readLW link

Why Productivity Systems Don’t Stick

Matt GoldenbergJan 16, 2021, 5:45 PM

62 points

22 comments3 min readLW link

Five Ways To Prioritize Better

lynettebyeJun 27, 2020, 6:40 PM

136 points

7 comments20 min readLW link 1 review

How do you deal w/ Super Stimuli?

Logan RiggsJan 14, 2025, 3:14 PM

100 points

25 comments3 min readLW link

[Question] What’s up with online media and our ability to get sh*t done?

TeaTieAndHatJan 19, 2024, 9:12 AM

2 points

0 comments6 min readLW link

Taboo “procrastination”

Neil Dec 12, 2023, 9:33 PM

19 points

7 comments1 min readLW link

Would most people benefit from being less coercive to themselves?

Matt GoldenbergJan 21, 2021, 2:24 PM

28 points

8 comments4 min readLW link

Non-Coercive Perfectionism

Matt GoldenbergJan 26, 2021, 4:53 PM

25 points

25 comments3 min readLW link

Anti-Akrasia Technique: Structured Procrastination

patrissimoNov 12, 2009, 7:35 PM

63 points

52 comments3 min readLW link

Cached Procrastination

jimrandomhApr 25, 2009, 4:22 PM

44 points

49 comments3 min readLW link

Not-Useless Advice For Dealing With Things You Don’t Want to Do

Rafael HarthApr 4, 2022, 4:37 PM

55 points

11 comments6 min readLW link

10-Step Anti-Procrastination Checklist

JesseGalefMay 17, 2013, 1:59 AM

42 points

55 comments2 min readLW link

Laziness death spirals

PatrickDFarleySep 19, 2024, 3:58 PM

262 points

40 comments8 min readLW link

Exercises for Overcoming Akrasia and Procrastination

Matt GoldenbergSep 16, 2019, 11:53 AM

28 points

6 comments1 min readLW link

GPT-4 for personal productivity: online distraction blocker

SergiiSep 26, 2023, 5:41 PM

65 points

13 comments2 min readLW link

(grgv.xyz)

On Option Paralysis—The Thing You Actually Do

Neel NandaOct 3, 2020, 11:50 AM

11 points

5 comments6 min readLW link

(www.neelnanda.io)

Fighting Akrasia: Incentivising Action

Gordon Seidoh WorleyApr 29, 2009, 1:48 PM

12 points

58 comments2 min readLW link

Overcoming Paradox of Choice Through Random Selection

vernamcipherNov 28, 2020, 4:27 AM

13 points

2 comments4 min readLW link

Hard work is irritating

OldmanrahulDec 17, 2020, 1:04 AM

13 points

6 comments3 min readLW link

(oldmanrahul.com)

[Question] How to make to-do lists (and to get things done)?

TeaTieAndHatOct 12, 2023, 2:26 PM

9 points

13 comments2 min readLW link

Article sketch: When procrastination isn’t akrasia

[deleted]Oct 8, 2012, 4:27 AM

28 points

17 comments3 min readLW link

Would Your Real Preferences Please Stand Up?

Scott AlexanderAug 8, 2009, 10:57 PM

93 points

132 comments4 min readLW link

Ordering yourself around with an app

bfinnDec 7, 2021, 12:49 AM

9 points

2 comments4 min readLW link

90% of anything should be bad (& the precision-recall tradeoff)

cartografieSep 8, 2022, 1:20 AM

33 points

22 comments6 min readLW link

Getting rational now or later: navigating procrastination and time-inconsistent preferences for new rationalists

milo_thoughtsFeb 26, 2024, 7:38 PM

1 point

0 comments8 min readLW link

My scorched-earth policy on New Year’s resolutions

PatrickDFarleyDec 29, 2022, 2:45 PM

29 points

2 comments4 min readLW link

How Your Physiology Affects the Mind’s Projection Fallacy

YanLyutnevDec 14, 2024, 9:10 PM

−1 points

0 comments6 min readLW link

Defeating Ugh Fields In Practice

PsychohistorianJun 19, 2010, 7:37 PM

97 points

95 comments2 min readLW link

The Power of Pomodoros

elharoMay 14, 2013, 10:36 AM

75 points

46 comments3 min readLW link

Poll results: LW probably doesn’t cause akrasia

AnnaSalamonNov 16, 2011, 6:03 PM

73 points

106 comments8 min readLW link

On Procrastination—The art of shaping your future actions

Neel NandaAug 1, 2020, 10:22 AM

10 points

0 comments8 min readLW link

(www.neelnanda.io)

DELBERTing as an Adversarial Strategy

Matthew_OpitzMay 12, 2023, 8:09 PM

8 points

3 comments5 min readLW link

Procrastination Paradoxes: the Good, the Bad, and the Ugly

scasperAug 6, 2020, 7:47 PM

21 points

4 comments10 min readLW link

The Noddy problem

ApprenticeJan 12, 2012, 10:18 PM

45 points

26 comments1 min readLW link

Study: Making decisions makes you tired

bgrah449Feb 19, 2010, 8:27 PM

31 points

6 comments1 min readLW link

An akrasia case study

[deleted]Dec 10, 2011, 8:46 PM

44 points

29 comments3 min readLW link

Doing “Nothing”

VoltairinaMar 29, 2012, 11:17 PM

42 points

16 comments1 min readLW link

Reductionism Revisited

alkjashMar 20, 2018, 6:00 AM

11 points

6 comments4 min readLW link

(radimentary.wordpress.com)

Reinforcement and Short-Term Rewards as Anti-Akratic

IntrismApr 13, 2013, 8:47 PM

35 points

27 comments5 min readLW link

Seize the Maximal Probability Moment

diegocaleiroFeb 28, 2013, 11:22 AM

41 points

15 comments1 min readLW link

Macro-Procrastination

Neel NandaSep 28, 2020, 4:07 PM

9 points

0 comments9 min readLW link

(www.neelnanda.io)

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