This is just my personal reflection. It is not meant to be used as a definitive suggestion or advice. It is far from that. Writing (nonsense rambling? reflection?) is one way that I find therapeutic when things become overwhelming and I need to “pause”, take a breather before continue doing what I need to do.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
When I discussed with my friend about certain conundrum that I am having, one of the things that I will try to manage is the way I reframe my mindset<\/strong>. It is not easy<\/em> to change my mindset but at least to manage <\/em>it to certain extent is what I can do at any given time. This is what psychologists called as “break the dread<\/strong>“. This is when instead of thinking \u201cI hate this,\u201d try to reframe it into \u201cThis is challenging, but I\u2019ll feel great\/ relief once it\u2019s done.\u201d Reframing also involves focusing on the purpose<\/strong>. In this case, I would remind myself why<\/em> the task matters. Is it part of a bigger goal? Will it relieve stress once done? Is it worth doing?<\/p>\n\n\n\n Another thing that I (religiously do) is to break the tasks down<\/strong> into manageable chunk or divide the task into small, manageable steps<\/strong>. I will use a checklist to track progress and personally, it gives me a sense of accomplishment with each tick. If ad hoc matters arise while I am working on a task, regardless of how urgent or important they may seem to others, I set them aside unless I personally perceive them as both urgent and important, in which case I add them to the checklist. <\/p>\n\n\n\n I also try to condition myself on using Time-Based Techniques <\/strong>such as Pomodoro Technique<\/strong>: Work for 25 minutes, then take a 5-minute break. I use stop watch for this matter but setting a timer and to commit is not easy. Indeed. Often, starting is the hardest part. But I have to force myself to set a timer for the tasks that I do. For example, in writing this blog, I set a timer of 30 minutes without distraction. With distraction (e.g. answering a call etc.) I gave myself an additional 15 to 20 minutes to complete one post. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Another thing that I will do is to tell others<\/strong> about my goal or task. This is to inform them so that I can minimise the distractions (aka a gentle reminder to remind them that “Buzz off for a while. Don’t disturb me. I am on something at the moment<\/em>“) and also to create a sense of accountability <\/strong>which can boost my motivation. I know it would be better to have some to work alongside me to “create” a sense of shared effort but I do not want to impose anyone on my “personal journey”.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Finally, there is nothing wrong to reward <\/strong>myself after completing each task. Normally, I will set mini goals and big goals. For big goals, the reward is also bigger <\/strong>(uhuk uhuk expensive<\/strong>). What is the most expensive reward that I ever gave to myself? Well, there are many. The most common rewards that I give to myself are quite simple: a cup of tea, a short walk, or watching a favorite show on Netflix aka documentaries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" This is just my personal reflection. It is not meant to be used as a definitive suggestion or advice. It is far from that. Writing (nonsense rambling? reflection?) is one way that I find therapeutic when things become overwhelming and I need to “pause”, take a breather before continue doing what I need to do. … Continue reading Keeping myself motivated to complete “dreadful tasks”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":851,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8658","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-other","category-random-rambling"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/hadijahjaffri\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8658","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/hadijahjaffri\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/hadijahjaffri\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/hadijahjaffri\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/851"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/hadijahjaffri\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8658"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/hadijahjaffri\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8658\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8668,"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/hadijahjaffri\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8658\/revisions\/8668"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/hadijahjaffri\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8658"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/hadijahjaffri\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8658"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/hadijahjaffri\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8658"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}