Slow starting tips

[YOLOisonlyprinciple]

There is this issue i have, where i take really long to start doing anything during the day, and by the time i start doing anything productive in the day i find i only have 5-6 hours until its time to sleep again.
Like i waste easily 8 hours doing nothing procrastinating, because i feel like its not time yet to work/study/get things done.

Most of the time when i get anything done is when i work/study in 35+ hour cycles.
So, i get up on the first day around 1pm, jerk around for a while 5-7 hours. Then i start studying/working at 9pm then i keep at it for the next 25-30 hours right through the night and the next day, and with breaks i get a solid 20 hours in. And then go back to sleep on the third day at around 1am. And sleep for the next 12-13 hours.

Basically i cut out on one night's sleep and then load it on the next time.
Saves having to do the chores, bathing, brushing etc becos i have to only do them once in 2 days..
Also, it really helps me out with starting the day.

I'd rather jerk off/ TV/ games for 8 hours as soon as i wake up once in 2 days, rather than just play games for 4 hours everyday and then work/study.

I really hate to start any productive work/ hard work, i procrastinate and try to put it off cos i hate it before im going to do it.
But when im past the first 2-3 hours i can go on for 20-30 hours.

I liked this routine a lot but it kinda fucks with my health. I get sick quicker. Like if there is anyone in my vicinity who had a cold the day before, id catch it immediately..

So, what have your experiences been with this "starting trouble", if any

 

[Sinny91]

There is this issue i have, where i take really long to start doing anything during the day, and by the time i start doing anything productive in the day i find i only have 5-6 hours until its time to sleep again.
Like i waste easily 8 hours doing nothing procrastinating, because i feel like its not time yet to work/study/get things done.

My life story, if you find a cure, lemme know. 

 

[YOLOisonlyprinciple]

I really liked the skip sleep every other day strat, but im not sure about the effect on my health, as well as how to make it effective in the long term..

 

[Artsu Tharaz]

Much Ne Much WoW!

 

[Hadoblado]

I used to have the same thing on a three day cycle. It's really, really bad. It can be difficult to see just how much it throws you off, but normalising your sleep is worth it. You couldn't pay me to go back to my three day cycle.

Mine was caused by study and gaming too. Mainly the gaming though.

 

[Helvete]

Yeah I agree with Hado. My sleep cycle is pretty bad, it seems to fluctuate between 2 day cycles and 1 day cycles, constantly. I'm also fairly susceptible to common illness and have problems getting my brain in gear until later in the afternoon/evenings.

You mention less 'chores', is this just teeth and bathing? Hygiene is still fairly important (you're supposed to brush after every meal, not that anyone does). Basically are you eating well and regularly? I would be a terrible example here with a probably average of 1.9 meals per 24 hour cycle, but I am eating plenty of veggies and carbs and meats and stuff. I can imagine eating regularly keeping the body maintained would help align the sleep cycle and cognition too.

 

[Happy]

I really liked the skip sleep every other day strat, but im not sure about the effect on my health, as well as how to make it effective in the long term..

Sort it out ASAP!

I've been down that road and it's caused issues with my health (both physical and mental) that I haven't been able to rectify fully.

Also, it starts out as skipping a night sleep, but like anything, you can get more and more accustomed to it and eventually become like I did and start going 3, 4, 5, 6 days without sleep. You don't necessarily feel the change, but eventually it catches up to you and you realise your brain doesn't work properly. Then you start spiralling into a black hole of depression and anxiety and other health issues because your body no longer heals itself properly. Blah. Blah. Blah.

Basically, it's a bad road. Get off it.

Actually, I've found the best way to get things done earlier is just to get a better sleep and start earlier. Get off the internet.

I want to say more and I might later, but my bus stop is coming up.

 

[deathvirtuoso]

Mhm that was my life story. As much as I hate structure/routine, I think we still need a little of it. Maybe you should take some pills to help you sleep every night until it gradually becomes some sort of a routine. My antidepressants help with my sleep, so my sleep is pretty regular now. As for your health, I get sick easily too. Do some exercise and eat well. I exercised pretty often, and built (minimal) muscles, but still got sick because of a crappy diet. My immune system sucks balls. My diet is crappy only because I refuse to spend more $$ on healthier food choices. Damn, that was a stupid decision. As for procrastination, I tend to procrastinate when I try to stop procrastinating. It's a vicious cycle. LMK when you've found a cure for that.

 

[Urakro]

It could have something to do with depression. Not because a person doesn't want to, but because 'even simple tasks may seem impossible or challenging'.

Got the idea from watching clearly non-depressed people and seeing them tackle many very important and arduous tasks daily as though there's nothing to it.

Plus there has been one really important thing I've left churning on the back of my mind for a long time, and finally got the initiative to do it now. It was a bit of an eye-opener comparing my rating of how difficult it seemed before and after doing it. I now don't really know why I stressed out so much over it before.

 

[Grayman]

Mhm that was my life story. As much as I hate structure/routine, I think we still need a little of it. Maybe you should take some pills to help you sleep every night until it gradually becomes some sort of a routine. My antidepressants help with my sleep, so my sleep is pretty regular now. As for your health, I get sick easily too. Do some exercise and eat well. I exercised pretty often, and built (minimal) muscles, but still got sick because of a crappy diet. My immune system sucks balls. My diet is crappy only because I refuse to spend more $$ on healthier food choices. Damn, that was a stupid decision. As for procrastination, I tend to procrastinate when I try to stop procrastinating. It's a vicious cycle. LMK when you've found a cure for that.

Sleeping pills should be avoided at all costs. Srsly, people did without sleeping pills and depression pills for a larger part of humanity. They lived in shittier conditions and were less likely to commit suicide. We've created all these shortcuts that will provide no long term success. Parents dont teach children how to deal with their emotions, neg thought cycles, and distorted perceptions and a lot of it is because they themselves are incapable of it.

 

[Sinny91]

Ugh, I'm moving again today. Getting away from the pain in the ass house mates.

They wanted me to go to the docs for sleepers because of my routine.

I told them there is absolutely no need.

 

[Tannhauser]

When not driven by organic inspiration, focus is a game against your own instincts. The first step is to realise that.

 

[EyeSeeCold]

As much as I hate structure/routine, I think we still need a little of it.

When not driven by organic inspiration, focus is a game against your own instincts. The first step is to realise that.

^ I think pills should be a last resort. Try baby steps, use an alarm to wake up on schedule to first hone your discipline and get your sleep back to healthy levels. Procrastination is a universal flaw, it'll take a lot of work to fix that if ever, but it helps to have help.

 

[YOLOisonlyprinciple]

@Helvete
-I kinda tend to eat fairly regularly. Like i eat small portions every 3-4 hours. I find that to be really good for concentration because i can maintain a constant energy/sugar levels. Like i would order/make a meal. Then eat half of it now, then eat other half after 3 hours, then eat some light foods like cornflakes or just milk after 3 hrs. One thing id luv to change is more veggies/ fruits, but im too lazy to buy/make them. Other than that and the fact that my exercise is minimal, im kinda ok weighin at about 70 kilos , so its k

- Its not about the bathing really, i enjoy showering. But more like the things i do before i go into focus mode. Like watchin TV or something. My mind calculates between wake periods. So, it calculates both a 24 hour period and 48 hour period same way. So, if i wake up and play games for 8 hours and then work for 25 hours. My mind still feels im playing 8 hours a day, and its happy cos i get to play 8 hrs "everyday", but im actually cheating it by playing 8 hours every 2 days.

So, basically i give my mind the refreshment/break/utility/satisfaction of having played 8 hours/per day, while actually playing only 4 hours/ day.
Because, my mind only calculates based on reference time between last backout ie, sleep. So, if i think 30 hours down in a 48- hour cycle i want to play, my mind tells me dude, you just played for hours today, you dont need to play more.

That is the main benefit of the 48 hour cycle.

Also, i dont find any drop in interest after starting any topic/work no matter how long ive started before, as long as i havent slept in between. While starting anything there are a lot of options to my mind, but after starting something there are few options. So, basically by reducing the number of times i have to "start up" things i get more done by minimising procrastination periods because majority of procrastination happens at start of my thing


Cons-
1. Probably affects health
2. Not good for topics involving intelligence, lateral thinking-
So, i could probably do well on a 48 hour cycle for work which i know the generic steps already. Or for studying mostly anything as well bcos most stuff is detail oriented and exams and tests usually involve applying something given in the book,, our job is primarily to read/revise those fairly easy concepts regularly. So studying isnt hard.

But, to do some really new project, or some serious brainstorming it sucks. Also in competitive scnearios like chess or gaming. Also any problems which require truly innovative thinking, but tbh that is almost truly non existant in academics because academic books are intended for average people and as such do not challenge people.