| One of my fav bits of wisdom from Feynman: Disregard! (your distractions). https://stepsandleaps.wordpress.com/2017/10/17/feynmans-brea... You're right that this is a bit romantic, but nonetheless true. I've never procrastinated with my main passion (music) - like a planet circling the sun, it might be out of my orbit for a bit, but i always come back to it. Not because someone told me to, or because I had a calendar reminder or a Kanban board. Saying 'no' is hard, esp when you're younger I think (due to feelings of obligation) - but as you get older you realise that a lot those obligations can be dropped and that your life is short. It's also a lot easier to say no to distractions, if you're passionate. Less guilt about it. There's a lots of techniques/hacks: Make what you want to achieve visible (e.g. surround yourself with carrots/only buy carrots). Agree with you that breaks are necessary, but then you can enforce that by buying a limited amt of junk food for your pantry, so you don't spin out of control. War of Art is a great book if you need some good cheerleading. . .but i read it, I didn't really need it because I'm fortunate to having something I love to do. I know that's not the case for everybody. |