3 questions to help you gather your will and get to work

2024 Author: Malcolm Clapton | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 03:44

After reading this article, you will learn how to get rid of fatigue, stop making excuses for your laziness, and just start working.

"I'm too tired". Too many of my first projects never came to fruition because of this proposal. This can easily and simply justify failure in any job. It's so easy to make excuses. But if excuses are an excuse, this does not mean that they lead to the desired result.

I can always think of a time when I felt more energized and able to do something really worthwhile than the moments when I say the phrase "I'm too tired." You have to do something about it.

But what, what to do? Run a few laps? To sleep more? Drink five cans of energy drink? (The latter only works for my developer friends, don't try again.)

We often feel morally drained from our frequent distractions.

The problem is not that we are too tired. The problem is that our attention is too distracted.

Most of us probably have a dozen projects that we have to deal with at the same time or, even worse, give up on some for the sake of others. This circumstance undermines our confidence that we can do a new job well (or see it through to completion). And this is a significant obstacle that prevents us from tuning in the creative way that makes work so exciting.

What is the way out? If I really want to start doing something, then I need to mentally complete it. It’s just to imagine that the work that I have to do has already been done, and I didn’t give up anything halfway.

You need to mentally set yourself up for work. This decision sounds simple, it is akin to the ease with which we cross off a completed item from our to-do list. To begin with, I ask myself a few questions:

• Where is this work on my list of priorities?After completing this task, you will deal with one of the obligations, you will no longer be nervous about unfulfilled work, or it will be easier for you to do something else.
• How long will it take for me to complete the task?Since we often want to deal with something difficult or tedious in order to move on to new and interesting projects, it is in our best interest to complete the work within a reasonable time frame.
• Are there psychological barriers preventing me from completing my work?Definitely, they are available: a large amount of information that needs to be analyzed in order to complete the task in good faith; fear of possible difficulties that you will have to face; fear of getting negative feedback. All this prevents us from getting down to business, and the more we feed these fears, the more difficult it will be for us to start working on the task.

When I have the answers to these questions, I know what needs to be tackled first.

It is even more important to catch the first impulse - the feeling of inspiration and delight that we feel when we start doing something new. Then getting started is not as difficult as it seemed. And when you do something cool, something that you want to share with others, because it will be interesting for them and will bring some benefit, you will no longer feel insanely tired.

What excuses keep you from getting started on the daunting task? Stop procrastinating and just hiding. Reframe the source of the problem between you and your job. The solution may not be logical, but perhaps, like me, you need to mentally complete the work first before proceeding to it.