Status Updates From The Procrastination Cure: 2...

I think maybe "consider Betting on whether or not you'll finish a task" is NOT helpful

1. Because you're just replacing procrastination with an even worse habit: gambling
and
2. I'm not an idiot so I'm not taking that bet anyway

Buddy I cannot emphasize enough how much I am ALSO procrastinating on activities I WANT to do

Citing an ableist medium article is A Choice

Glad it works for you author but if I do a task for 45 minutes and then take a break? The task is Done For The Day

The moment a Break starts it stops being a break, and starts being Me Being Done With the Task for the rest of the day

I think if this author knew that I procrastinate Playing Video Games he'd be baffled

Calling Hiring Someone to Do The Task a procrastination solution is

A choice you can make I guess

Like I cannot emphasize enough that I am currently procrastinating Going to Bed. The other day I procrastinated Eating Food so long that I had a massive meltdown.

Again, I have "can't develop habits properly" disease so telling me to develop a habit is unhelpful

Half of his tactics are just things I would not be reading this book if I knew how to do them

Suggestion 1 is "do the worst task first" which would be great advice if I was a neurotypical person and not a person who procrastinates on Eating Food because it's too much effort

It's cute that the author thinks I didn't start procrastinating until adulthood.

Buddy I have severe adhd. I was procrastinating on my homework in KINDERGARTEN

No such thing as an unhealthy food so jot that down

It just reads as very "just stop being mentally ill lol"

And I don't think that was the authors intention but that's how it comes across

The thing is, the stuff the author is talking about is very real, but he's not providing any actionable solutions and most of his takes are extremely surface level and not even a little bit helpful for people with conditions like severe adhd or depression

Okay I take issue with the way the author differentiates between procrastination and laziness not only because laziness isn't like Actually Real but also bc his definition of laziness is nonsensical

This continues to be very surface level. Also the author has yet to provide any kind of actionable steps to help with procrastination

This is just surface level "just change your mindset uwu" shit

Saying a method works "regardless of your personal circumstances" is a huge red flag to me

"The first time"

It's cute that he seems to think I'll be rereading this

Okay so a bunch of the things he's saying people "procrastinate on" are things people do avoid but usually for anxiety reasons

Which is not the same as procrastination

Yeah man this doesn't sound like procrastination this sounds like severe unmanaged adhd

Okay so the thing he's describing here is extreme and debilitating executive dysfunction which is a different thing from procrastination so jot that down

Oh this is for neurotypicals lmao