I have so many things I want to do but just can’t. Play a video game, read a book, take dog for walk, build a gadget I bought parts for, finish writing a song, finish building a computer… But no, I just sit there stuck. How do I get unstuck?

  • cannonship@lemmy.world
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    24 hours ago

    I’ve been there and felt a lot of guilt for not doing all the things I wanted to.

    One thing that helped was stopping to think about why I wanted to do each thing. A lot of the time, it was just impulsive and led to an overwhelming list that kept me stuck in the same loop.

    Reflecting on what I actually cared about made it easier to focus and follow the other suggestions here. Not exactly what you asked for, but worth considering.

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      20 hours ago

      One thing that helped was stopping to think about why I wanted to do each thing.

      Boom. This was big for me too. Usually my issue is holding myself to non-existent time constraints, like “I want to do X but I have to get Y done or I can’t until next weekend.” Ok, why is it a problem that Y can’t be done next weekend? Obviously if it’s something like a chore or errand it doesn’t apply, but if it’s just a little side project I’ve been working on, Y can wait if I’d rather do X, especially if I’m just going to sit and wallow over not doing either instead.