How do you force yourself to do things?

[Ratboy Genius]

Serious question. I mean productive things you need to do.

 

[rel=alternate]

I wish I knew....

 

[PFM]

Just get up and do them. As soon as you start contemplating it, it's over. IF YOU DO start contemplating the shit, think about how long it takes to do the thing. "Folding this load of laundry should only take me 10 minutes". What's 10 minutes out of 1,440 minutes in a day?

 

[Mariposa2.0 LTE]

Cocaine

 

[A-Stump]

 

[Gravityqueen4life]

just tell yourself "im gonna do this for 10 minutes max" then you realize you have done it for more then 10 minutes and you think for yourself, "may as well continue".

 

[Agent Abe Caprine]

Tell yourself something catastrophic will happen if you don't do that thing.

 

[Catler]

You take the blue pill, by which I mean Adderall.

 

[Blouie]

I just start ignoring the voice in my head that tells me not to do productive things.

 

[Glad I couldn't help]

Remember that if you don't do this thing, you will become a lolcow with 500+ page thread on the Farms.

 

[Butterschmalz]

If a thing is worth doing, you ll do it on your own will without forcing yourself.

 

[Shamefur Dispray]

Just get up and do them. As soon as you start contemplating it, it's over. IF YOU DO start contemplating the shit, think about how long it takes to do the thing. "Folding this load of laundry should only take me 10 minutes". What's 10 minutes out of 1,440 minutes in a day?

This approach really does work, and if I can add sometimes just being thrown into it focuses you in a sink or swim kind of way

 

[mister meaner]

You need to remember that discipline will get you much further than motivation. Motivation is like “I wanna do it!”, but discipline is “you will do it.” Maybe try use motivation to discipline yourself?

A wise man once said “You rack dishiprine. True dishiprine comes from writhin.”

 

[Gas Station Boner Pills]

When I start to notice there's things that haven't been getting done I make a list. When I actually go to take care of the list I always try to do it all back to back and get it all done at once if possible. For me it's easier to find the motivation to get things done when you think about all the little things as one big goal instead of a bunch of tedious little goals. This way you don't have to find the motivation for each of these little things individually, you just have to find it one time.

 

[tokyo v2]

Tell yourself something catastrophic will happen if you don't do that thing.

that doesn't help getting my lazy ass up

 

[Rozzy]

I do things because it motivates me and makes me feel better even more so if I'm in a low mood.

 

[vomitusdeux]

I buy a 6 pack of liquid meth

 

[Cyborg Braphog]

Just break everything down into absurdly small pieces.

Roll out of bed.
Socks on.
Pants on.
Walk to door.

Etc etc.

This is assuming you're really unmotivated of course. If you're not that useless make the chunks bigger.

 

[Epic Fail Man]

notebook or a txt file. Sometimes you gotta treat yourself like a retard to get things done.

 

[Day Drinking]

I forget the thing I'm supposed to do and do something else. This becomes a never ending cycle until I forget what I've done, and then it feels like I did nothing at all. Probably because I didn't.