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asavvysage

2y ago

How Can I Find Motivation to Do Things?

How do I motivate myself to do things? Even if it's something I want to do, I really struggle to find the motivation to get up and do it

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DollyAnn

2y ago

I feel that way alot
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ihaveacatnamedgator

2y ago

I do 2 things that have seemed to helped so far. 1.) I try to simplify the task as much as possible, I tend to overcomplicate things a lot so making it smaller in my head is suppperrr helpful sometimes. 2.) I saw someone else mention doing a smaller task first until they get bored of it and move onto the other and I second that. I find that if I can do one small thing it usually gives me enough motivation to do more. I've heard with ADHD we tend to struggle with initiating tasks and when you pair that with the dopamine rush you get from doing good things for yourself it's a pretty good combination :)
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asavvysage

2y ago

Initiating the task is always the hardest part for me. I tend to overthink things as well, so I'll try to simplify what I want to do and start off with small steps to reach what I want to. Thank you for the suggestions! :)
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KelseyBanks

2y ago

New music to blast while accomplishing the task
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asavvysage

2y ago

I'll have to use that more often! I definitely have some jams that could help
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spaghetti_man

2y ago

or even old favorites to jam out to makes everything better lol
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spaghetti_man

2y ago

I don't know how many other people actually do this, but I tend to do other, small things first, and eventually I'll get bored of that thing and move on to the next.

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