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'Skinner's Law' Is 86 Years Old. It's Still the Ultimate Secret to Beating Procrastination (www.inc.com)
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If procrastinating on an item, you only have 2 options:

  1. Make the pain of not doing it greater than the pain of doing it.

  2. Make the pleasure of doing it greater than the pleasure of not doing it.

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[–] Kyrgizion 9 points 6 months ago (2 children)

Yeah sorry, adhd doesn't work like that. Executive dysfunction is paralytic no matter what tricks you use.

[–] cmbabul 4 points 6 months ago

I really wish it was just something we could trick ourselves into, but the only thing that has ever worked for me is chemicals

[–] Nosavingthrow 3 points 6 months ago

I don't know, man; I used a few easy tricks to manage my ADHD and now there are no dishes in my sink and no garbage on my tables. You aren't ruled by a diagnosis. You just need to work with your individual strengths and weaknesses.