Breaking every day up and taking it hour by hour helps me keep it moving when I don't have structure. Also, solidarity, been there done that it sucks. You got this.
Jun 4, 2025
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This helped me! I use a little Pomodoro app and set it for 45 mins. My goal is just to sit down and do some of my work during that time. I usually find the momentum in there but sometimes don't. Also important for me to rest and be realistic when I need to (e.g. illness) and communicate that instead of pushing through which often just compounds stress and procrastination.
Dec 9, 2024
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I can do anything for 25 minutes at a time with 5 minute rest breaks: cleaning, exercising, working, writing, etc.
Related: taking my rest breaks first. If I want to do something but have trouble getting started, I set a 5 minute timer and let myself chill with no guilt. Once the timer goes off, I make myself do whatever I was putting off for at least 25 minutes.
Jun 11, 2025
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the work-eat-scroll-sleep-repeat pattern had me in a chokehold for ~3 years after I graduated from college, realized that a large part of the reason I struggled to break the cycle was because Iโd want to โrestโ after work but eventually do something enriching in the evenings, but didnโt actually have an idea of what I wanted to do so the lift to get off [app] was less willpower and more decision paralysis; the friction of figuring out what to do was what was keeping me in the cycle ~90% of the time.
what has worked for me:
1. going outside immediately after work (especially if working from home) to run an errand or go to a book or record or coffee shop
2. keeping a list of projects i want to / am currently working on or skills i want to develop and making progress on those
3. reading a book
4. (most effective) taking a class (writing, pottery, filmmaking for me) and either going to the sessions or doing the assignments
but also sometimes you literally just wanna rot and thatโs cool too!
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i tried a couple different ways to structure my time:
1. daily timeblocking (3*/10): setting 5-6 to wind down; 6-7 for dinner; 7-9 for enrichment; etcโฆ didnโt work at all for me. too structured.
2. theming days: (5*/10): mondays are for reading; tuesdays writing; etcโฆ worked slightly better but sometimes you wanna do a different thing than the theme, introduces decision paralysis of whether to power through to build routine or to follow your instincts and have max fun
3. big list: (7*/10): here are all my projects (and subtasks) or hobbies or chores or errands i want to do; i give them a number score of how urgently i want to do them, then do the one i want to do most thats higher priority. bonus points if at the start of the week or month, you put some activities on a calendar for specific days even randomly to just have a schedule when you donโt have something youโre particularly called to do so thatโs your default activity and not scrolling. works the best*!
(*for me)
Jan 16, 2025
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Me - moody Seattle teen girl just learning how to play guitar
Kat Stratford - kat stratford....
Inspo for moving away for school, being a bitch, and showing midriff
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Moonlight makes me dizzy
Sunlight makes me clean
Your light is the sweetest thing
That this boy has ever seen
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And just stare at it, maybe see fish
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