My mind will actually conjure up disasters in adjacent parts of my life to make me forget what's going on that I should be working on. I'll get all anxious about X, when I'm really just avoiding Y. The more I focus on X, the more I'm avoiding Y, so the worse I feel about X.
There's a little bit of self-cognitive behavioral therapy that I learned through journalling. Once I recognize it I can either A) just ignore my thoughts ('I am not that, that is not me' over and over?) or B) procrastinate productively by saying I'll deal with X later.
Productive procrastination is where it’s at. Find something mundane, uninspiring, and mandatory, and avoid it by doing something else instead right up to the last minute. Just make sure something else is also work that you wanted to do.
My mind will actually conjure up disasters in adjacent parts of my life to make me forget what's going on that I should be working on. I'll get all anxious about X, when I'm really just avoiding Y. The more I focus on X, the more I'm avoiding Y, so the worse I feel about X.
There's a little bit of self-cognitive behavioral therapy that I learned through journalling. Once I recognize it I can either A) just ignore my thoughts ('I am not that, that is not me' over and over?) or B) procrastinate productively by saying I'll deal with X later.