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As an autistic person how do you stay motivated (more specifically doing long tasks)? (self.autism)

submitted 3 months ago by MrWafflesNBacon to c/autism

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Mostly asking for other people on the spectrum, but allistics are free to comment also.

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[–] Veddit 4 points 3 months ago

I've started using a stopwatch, and my aim is not to complete the task, but just to spend time on that task and nothing else. This does 2 things: 1) just the fact I'm on the tasks moved me forward more than not being on the task. 2) as its counts up, not down, I am just interested in increasing the number, so every 30 seconds or minute or 10 extra that I do makes the number bigger and the dopamine higher.

I combine this with a habit tracker (literally called habits on android store) so I can try and beat my last high score etc.

I don't set myself any targets etc that would cause me to feel shame (and then procrastinate due to that shame), so it lowers the barrier of startinf sufficiently low so that I can get on. And then the flow starts to kick in and we're off...