I went from being extremely lazy and failing classes to working 10-12 hrs every day, getting a 3.65 avg in college engineering, and enjoying it. Mostly I got the habit of starting everything immediately and then doing it in chunks and finishing early. If I had a 10 page paper due in 30 days I would make the document day 1, day 2 I would make the outline (lets say its 10 sections), day 3 id do section 1's rough draft, day 4 id do 2's, etc. So by the 12th day I would have a rough draft of the whole paper, which I would polish for 2 more days, getting the paper done in 14 days and only working on it for like 15 mins a day. Peak stress is super low, whole process is super rewarding, and it takes much less willpower because starting immediately became my habit, and habits give willpower discounts on whatever you're doing. The higher ratio of reward to stress made my primitive parts of my brain start to actually like work and see it as progress. Before, I would wait until day 25 to start, freak out, and work like 3 hrs a day on it until the final day when I would work 8. Super stressful and made me hate work and produce lower quality work. Put hand on stove, hand burns, brain hates stove.
I tried many techniques for like 15 years because my procrastination and laziness were the bane of my existence. Nothing worked except this. Some stuff worked temporarily but nothing was a fix like this. It took some time for my brain to adjust but it worked wonders.
Summary:
Start everything immediately and finish early
Space things out to avoid high peak stress if possible
I tried many techniques for like 15 years because my procrastination and laziness were the bane of my existence. Nothing worked except this. Some stuff worked temporarily but nothing was a fix like this. It took some time for my brain to adjust but it worked wonders.
Summary: Start everything immediately and finish early Space things out to avoid high peak stress if possible