Struggling with Productivity: How to Get Yourself to Do Tasks

Don’t expect yourself to ‘complete the whole task’. We have a tendency to think that if the task isn’t ‘finished’ then we’ve failed, and deny ourselves the dopamine. Recognise that daily live is a cycle and a rhythm, and these mundane tasks are constant parts of life. Instead, try to view activities as tiny, separate little actions and consciously give yourself recognition for every little act. I struggled with having cups and glasses and things lying around all over the house and really wanted to live with everything in its place, so whenever I saw something left somewhere I’d be silently berating and beating myself up inside. It took a long time to start focusing on just moving ONE ITEM as I move past it and allowing myself recognition for putting ‘one more thing’ where it belongs. Over time the ‘drip, drip, drip’ of little bits of self praise gets stronger. It’s like constantly drip watering your house plants instead of leaving them for months on end and then trying to revive them with a bucket of water.