Present hedonic bias - This is the main culprit of procrastination.
Simply put, our brains prefer carpe diem and contentment in the moment. This is not difficult to explain why many of us choose the latter when faced with work/study and mobile phones. Ice cream tastes better than boiled chicken breast. Buying new clothes is more interesting than saving money. Playing video games is more exciting than writing, programming or designing. Pleasant people. Even under the pressure of an approaching deadline, surrender to the pleasure of the moment. We forget our vows because, whether it’s losing weight or learning something new, it’s impossible to see immediate results.
To some extent, we are all short-sighted, and this biased perception causes us to constantly look for ways to make ourselves more comfortable and lazy, forever postponing the difficult things that will help us achieve our goals. When we don't eat healthier, save more money, or make progress on our goals, we dig our own graves and leave problems for our future selves.
What you can do:
1. Help your future self.
If you want to get up and exercise in the morning but have a tendency to nod off, you can lay out all your workout clothes the night before and schedule a morning run with a friend. If you want to focus on your work and you find yourself addicted to 5G surfing and can’t extricate yourself, choose a period of time to turn off your phone, or download phone lock software to lock some social media and short video software. If you have a hard time saving money, make automatic withdrawals from your savings every month so you don't have to think about it.
2. Use " heteronomy " to promote "self-discipline"
Choose a task or something you like, join the Bidow study room and focus with everyone. This is why when you go to school, you have to sit in the class and study together with your classmates. With everyone accompanying you to do things together, you will feel that time passes very quickly, and you will have completed what you need to do before you know it. .
3. Redefine your view of "results".
Instead of running to lose 10kg in 6 months or writing to become a famous novelist, focus on the satisfaction you get from running 1k a day or writing 1000 words. When it comes to achieving goals, research shows that enjoying the process leads to greater success than craving long-term results.
4. Imagine your future self.
Research shows that taking the time to imagine our future selves can help motivate us to choose long-term rewards over immediate gratification. At the beginning of each day, imagine your most satisfying state at the end of the day, for example: What did you accomplish? Start that task first.
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