Yahoo Answers is shutting down on 4 May 2021 (Eastern Time) and the Yahoo Answers website is now in read-only mode. There will be no changes to other Yahoo properties or services, or your Yahoo account. You can find more information about the Yahoo Answers shutdown and how to download your data on this help page.

Anonymous
Anonymous asked in Social SciencePsychology · 2 weeks ago

How do I get my chores done if I just don't feel like it and have procrastinated for months? Pls don't judge, how do you motivate yourself?

7 Answers

Relevance
  • j153e
    Lv 7
    1 week ago

    One chore at a time, even the smallest step, helps. Understanding Yourself, by Mark Prophet, also good.

  • 1 week ago

    I was listening to a lecture by somebody who said he was a procrastinator, and he said that the problem with people like himself is that they need immediate gratification. This is interesting because the methods I've found that help with this problem provide immediate gratification.

    This is useful for all kinds of things you don't feel like doing. If a task seems like it's too big, think of it as a series of tasks that you can take on one at a time, and start with something really, really easy. Cleaning - start by cleaning for 3 or 4 min and take a 5 min break. Or start by just cleaning the kitchen counters. Immediate gratification! Keep working for longer and longer intervals, still taking 5 min breaks. Soon you'll be working for a half hour or more. 

  • 1 week ago

    Far be it for me to place judgement. I have the same problem.  When things get so bad that something has to be done about it, I still may procrastinate but will eventually get to it.  I tend to let the clutter stack up until I start to feel claustrophobic, I do something about it.  But the me today is better than me from yrs past.  Sometimes I have to force myself to do things & am glad I did.  The sense of completion is satisfying & rewarding when it is done.  I used to be a really lousy housekeeper but I have been working on it & trying to keep up with things.  It is working but very slowly but it is working.  Take on small tasks that won't take more than 15 minutes to do.  If you do just three things a day that only take 15 minutes, you would be very surprised at how much you were able to do.  Don't try to take on big projects until you are ready, they seem to be go gigantic & overwhelming.  There will be a time when you kinda slide off into a bigger project & get part of it done. Yey, you did something.  I am getting better & things are not as bad as they used to be but I work at it a little at a time.

  • .
    Lv 4
    1 week ago

    You need to look after your mental health by eating healthy, exercising, meditating, practicing gratitude. Then start of small and just push yourself to do the easiest thing and then do the next task. Make yourself a timetable. 

  • Anonymous
    1 week ago

    Just look around and pick one easy and quick one to do. Only one.

    Sometimes it's just the start that's hard, and when you do something, you will feel like doing more.

    Sometimes it's just take it one thing a day.

  • Anonymous
    2 weeks ago

    Mr. Haney on Green Acres gives me motivation.

  • 2 weeks ago

    You need some motivation.  What is one thing you would enjoy having and you just have not purchased it yet?  Hold that thought.  Promise yourself if you clean the house you will reward yourself by purchasing the item you would enjoy..  And then go ahead with your reward.

Still have questions? Get answers by asking now.