Hayden Finch PhD

Yeah, that's a great tip. And it doesn't have to be 20 minutes, right? If you feel like all you can stand of this task because it's particularly aversive is one minute or five minutes, then that's a place to start. But the reason that is helpful is because having a guaranteed time that the pain is going to end helps us persist through pain.

Yeah, that's a great tip. And it doesn't have to be 20 minutes, right? If you feel like all you can stand of this task because it's particularly aversive is one minute or five minutes, then that's a place to start. But the reason that is helpful is because having a guaranteed time that the pain is going to end helps us persist through pain.

Yeah, that's a great tip. And it doesn't have to be 20 minutes, right? If you feel like all you can stand of this task because it's particularly aversive is one minute or five minutes, then that's a place to start. But the reason that is helpful is because having a guaranteed time that the pain is going to end helps us persist through pain.

Just like if you were to take a cold shower and you know, I only have to be in here for three minutes. You can persist for that three minutes versus just having no idea when it's going to end. And it's kind of playing on that same thing. Having an end to the pain helps us persist through it.

Just like if you were to take a cold shower and you know, I only have to be in here for three minutes. You can persist for that three minutes versus just having no idea when it's going to end. And it's kind of playing on that same thing. Having an end to the pain helps us persist through it.

Just like if you were to take a cold shower and you know, I only have to be in here for three minutes. You can persist for that three minutes versus just having no idea when it's going to end. And it's kind of playing on that same thing. Having an end to the pain helps us persist through it.

Yeah, it's one of those irrational things about human psychology. You would think that reminding yourself of how good this is going to feel at the back end would help us overcome that initial aversiveness. And in some cases it can. And I do think that's a useful strategy to deliberately take the time to remind ourselves that it's going to feel good.

Yeah, it's one of those irrational things about human psychology. You would think that reminding yourself of how good this is going to feel at the back end would help us overcome that initial aversiveness. And in some cases it can. And I do think that's a useful strategy to deliberately take the time to remind ourselves that it's going to feel good.

Yeah, it's one of those irrational things about human psychology. You would think that reminding yourself of how good this is going to feel at the back end would help us overcome that initial aversiveness. And in some cases it can. And I do think that's a useful strategy to deliberately take the time to remind ourselves that it's going to feel good.

When you finish this workout, you're going to feel so good. That is a helpful strategy. And ultimately engaging in the task helps requires that we push through the difficult starting part more so than just kind of relying on knowing that it's going to feel good at the end.

When you finish this workout, you're going to feel so good. That is a helpful strategy. And ultimately engaging in the task helps requires that we push through the difficult starting part more so than just kind of relying on knowing that it's going to feel good at the end.

When you finish this workout, you're going to feel so good. That is a helpful strategy. And ultimately engaging in the task helps requires that we push through the difficult starting part more so than just kind of relying on knowing that it's going to feel good at the end.

Right. And that's the emotional thing, right? Once you can get started, then the emotions are going to kind of take a backseat. The emotions are there to try to keep you from getting started. And they're really effective at that for a lot of people. But once you can get past that, then the emotions will go to the side and then it's a lot easier to continue engaging with it past that.

Right. And that's the emotional thing, right? Once you can get started, then the emotions are going to kind of take a backseat. The emotions are there to try to keep you from getting started. And they're really effective at that for a lot of people. But once you can get past that, then the emotions will go to the side and then it's a lot easier to continue engaging with it past that.

Right. And that's the emotional thing, right? Once you can get started, then the emotions are going to kind of take a backseat. The emotions are there to try to keep you from getting started. And they're really effective at that for a lot of people. But once you can get past that, then the emotions will go to the side and then it's a lot easier to continue engaging with it past that.

one thing to keep in mind is that we can't rely on motivation as an antidote to procrastination that is one of the things that keeps procrastination going is this belief that oh i'll do it when you know when i'm motivated or i'll do it when i feel like or i don't feel like it right now so i'm just not going to do it right now so some version of i just don't feel like it right now i'll do it when when i do that will keep us stuck in procrastination

one thing to keep in mind is that we can't rely on motivation as an antidote to procrastination that is one of the things that keeps procrastination going is this belief that oh i'll do it when you know when i'm motivated or i'll do it when i feel like or i don't feel like it right now so i'm just not going to do it right now so some version of i just don't feel like it right now i'll do it when when i do that will keep us stuck in procrastination

one thing to keep in mind is that we can't rely on motivation as an antidote to procrastination that is one of the things that keeps procrastination going is this belief that oh i'll do it when you know when i'm motivated or i'll do it when i feel like or i don't feel like it right now so i'm just not going to do it right now so some version of i just don't feel like it right now i'll do it when when i do that will keep us stuck in procrastination

Indefinitely. We have to be able to find a strategy to do an activity even when we're not motivated. So motivation can't come before action. You have to reverse that. So take action first and then count on motivation to maybe come down the road, maybe. But we kind of want to just remove that from the equation altogether.

Indefinitely. We have to be able to find a strategy to do an activity even when we're not motivated. So motivation can't come before action. You have to reverse that. So take action first and then count on motivation to maybe come down the road, maybe. But we kind of want to just remove that from the equation altogether.