If your head is already spinning from the wish lists, and life doesn't get any better, first decide what you don't want. Our desires include a complex mixture of personal aspirations, responsibilities, misconceptions, expectations of parents, partners and society. It is difficult to understand such lists. But what you don't want includes a very specific personal set of things. Working on them will give the maximum effect.
Smokers know that smoking is harmful to health. Losing weight understands that it is necessary to spend more than to consume. With all our understanding, we are doing something completely different. Different parts of our brain are responsible for perceiving information and performing actions. It is impossible to come up with the right action. The only way is to stop thinking a lot and go do it.
You can't cram in the uninspired. To do something, you need to be "the right size", to accommodate the whole goal. First we expand, then we can invest in ourselves what we want. If the goal is huge, you will first have to grow up to it, eating small pieces on the way to the big one.
Are you putting it off because you don't have the strength to do what you planned? Saving energy is a normal state of a healthy body. The body does not generate energy just like that, but reacts to the appearance of activity. First comes the first action, and then the generation of energy for the execution of the plan.
If you are still stimulating yourself to start acting with the expectation of a reward, then it is useful to think about natural selection. He has sharpened the human body so that we continue to perform actions that give pleasure. This is the basis of survival. What is frightening, tasteless and unpleasant is regarded as a potential threat to healthy life and procreation. Therefore, let the rewards be immediately. Being motivated by pleasure in the process is more effective than hypothetical pleasure ahead.
The saying "Measure seven times, cut once" is not a universal cure for mistakes. But it definitely guarantees time costs without confidence in the result. Many software manufacturers are now releasing their products to the market imperfect without additional options, which are then developed for the finished product. This approach ensures the most efficient use of resources for the task. Stop wasting time on creating drafts — do everything clean at once and get a ready result that can be improved.
