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Anonymous
oh my goodness. you’re me. only a me that actually gets some things done. please come and paint my kitchen, bleach my house, dye my hair, etc….! its not that far to ontario… you can even bring the sun with you if you want (we got cloud)…..
you might wanna try what my mum does to get her school paperwork done- just commit to doing a smidgen of the horrible things for 15 minutes- a quarter of an hour- thats like almost 100th of your day- thats all. pick the horriblest thing on the list….cos its all uphill from there!
then take a deep breath, set a timer (your phone or oven has one, i bet) stretch out, get on your marks, put the old stereo/ipod/musicplayingthingy onto something fast paced and motivating, then get in there, throw yourself at it with all that energy, and do it for 15 minutes- you can stop when the timer sounds. then do something completely different to reward yourself- go for a run, plan how you’re gonna plant the garden in spring, play a level of supermario… whatever.
then do another 15 minutes. and so on.
its gotta get done, this dreadful stuff. once its actually started, it won’t weigh down on your conscience like a 1000kg weight, and you won’t feel guilty or exasperated any more- it’ll be way less daunting, acheivable- it will have lost all power to make you stagnant. you might even find that you get really into it once you’re started, don’t hear the timer, start to enjoy it, and get it all done at once- then you’ll be free! yay! success! get out the soda and icecream, put on your sunnies and flipflops, and have a little coke-float partay in the livingroom to celebrate!
*makes a feeble attempt to follow own advice by prying self off computer chair and away from the internet.*
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