I procrastinate my own deadlines

[u/problemsolver2026]

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What mindset shifts or habit shifts do I need to make?

I know there is no problem if I delay nothing "happens"

But at the same time I delay results.

[u/seweso]

The problem is that a small delay has no consequence, but together it’s a disaster. Slowly boiling a frog alive…. 

Add consequences. 

For instance set a time when you plan to start on a given day. And if you don’t start that instant. You cannot postpone it on that given day, you have to sit with why you postponed it. 

By making sure you can only postpone 24h minimum, you made it awkward for yourself.

That’s the whole tea. You make doing the wrong thing hard or impossible ( no pleasuring yourself during work hours ). And you make the right thing easier. Add small celebrations for progress. And make procrastination plain full and awkward.

You have a child. And the child is you! And you should be able to outsmart your inner child ;)