I just need (and have) 3 days to fully focus on something which I have to do, but it feels nearly impossible to do. Not going to go into details to what this pertains to, as it'll derail the thread. The workload isn't undoable, but that's if I do it at a steady pace, but mentally I feel completely done, at the point where doing the smallest thing takes herculean effort. This is something that is really important to me, and despite understanding that importance now, the moment I go at it again I become detached from everything, and I don't see the point to it again. I understand this stems from issues I have had for a long time, and yeah, I will get to mending that after this ordeal, but right now I just have to do this, absolutely nothing else. So, how can I get myself to do this last push? All of the previous ways I used to motivate myself have been backfiring against me, and like being stuck in quicksand I feel like the more I struggle the deeper I go.
bump. I know your feel. But I almost always fail in these instances. I don't have a tried and true trick to push myself in such instances.
>>32332739>Not going to go into details to what this pertains to, as it'll derail the thread.That's great and all but it really depends on the thing homo. If it's a physical task, this would have an extremely straightforward solution (just do it and don't stop until it's done). I am assuming it is NOT that.Anyway, the most challenging thing in this regard has probably been doing my dissertations. Both times I left it up until the last moment, so I had to do 16-18 hours of work per day to get it done on time. Normally I'd do like ten minutes at most.What worked for me was a few minutes of meditation, relaxing drink, and repeating and reaffirming my intentions as a mantra for a few minutes. "X is important because Y. You need X for Z. You have reasons A, B, C, all of which are important because D, E, F. You have spent such and such amount of time on this, and this is the last thing you need to do. If you fail this now, I will just have you do it again later on resits with worse conditions. You only need to get X done once - get it done and you are free."These are the kind of affirmations I would chant.It was important for me to slow my mind and settle my intentions. After that though I cut out every major time sink (for me that meant eating super fast meals, since usually it takes me a very long time to finish a meal). Also, I started abusing stimulants - for me, it was coffee, which turns me into a maniac.Thanks to this, I finished my dissertation on time and received an excellent grade. However, this is not a great way to do things. It is better to do things gradually, even if it's just a little bit of work, every day for a month or two, and even if it turns out bad or too short/small. The 16 hours per day method is too taxing, risky, and t b h kinda unreliable.Anyway, wish you the best.
>>32332798Your assumptions are correct, it's not physical, it's something I have to write a lot for, and parse through a lot of info as well. >repeating and reaffirming my intentions as a mantra for a few minutes. I have written those down (which I rarely do), but haven't internally repeated them too much, I'll do that more then, in this case reading through them each time before starting.>However, this is not a great way to do things. It is better to do things gradually, even if it's just a little bit of work, every day for a month or two, and even if it turns out bad or too short/small.I fully understand that, and and while I've said multiple times before I'll never do it again, I keep finding myself here, each time doing worse. Does feel like I'm at my brink here, but this is the hole I dug myself into, I'll first get out of it before pondering how to not dig another one for next time. Thanks, I'll try this and some of the other stuff you said, will see how I fare.
>>32332850>I have written those down (which I rarely do), but haven't internally repeated them too much, I'll do that more then, in this case reading through them each time before starting.Yes, it also helps to do it during short breaks. I would speak them aloud, with intention and honesty. It's important that you believe the things you are saying.>I've said multiple times before I'll never do it again, I keep finding myself here, each time doing worse.This kept happening to me too until my Masters degree dissertation. At that point, I guess I had wisened up and instead gave myself enough time to finish the thing in a passable format with just two hours of work per day. I did this specifically after my BA dissertation experience which made me miserable for like half a year - I applied for extension but I thought I would be failed for late submission for like 4 months and had strong physiological symptoms of stress because of it. And then there's the stress from before and after, too. So I thought "I'm never doing that again" after that.>I'll first get out of it before pondering how to not dig another one for next time.Sound plan. On short time scales like that, the important thing is to just get cracking and not stop until you are done. If you are vaguely aware of what works well for you and how to get the work done, you should just keep pushing and not stop until you win.
>>32332739https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=QT3fOMJdfbc
>>32332850>>32332739>I have to writeNigga use an AI, whats the problem
