Help How do you deal with procrastination?

[DoAnythingMore]

There are skills I want to learn (currently 3D modeling, texturing and animation), and I know that I should take some time every day to learn them, even if it's just 10 minutes, bit by bit.

I just for some reason can't get myself to actually commit to learning those things. I know I should make a schedule or dedicate a specific time where I practice/learn those things and make a routine out of it but I just end up procrastinating all day. I feel stuck and I'm not sure what to do, especially as I think I know how to fix my situation but something in me is preventing me to do all that. I'm not sure what it is, probably linked to my depression and the fact that my brain always goes for the easier dopamine (games, content) instead of going out of my comfort zone to learn something new. I genuinely want to learn those things and often find myself dreaming about making virtual environments etc. so I'm not sure if it's about motivation, fear of failure, being overwhelmed or something completely different or everything all at once.

How do you deal with procrastination? What has worked for you? Have you been in a similiar situation before and if you've managed to break out of it, how?

 

[Forveleth]

Three reasons I uses to procrastinate:

1. Afraid of failure/judgement
2. Do not know how to do something (and thus reason 1)
3. Just plain do not like the activity.

Here is what I learned:

1. Failure is part of the process. Most people fail to some degree at most things they try. Also, most if the time, if I fail, no one is actually going to know. If someone is going to judge me harshly for failing then they are a person I do not need in my life.
2. Research and see 1.
3. Rip thr band-aid. I found my anticipation of doing the activity and the anxiety that would cause was worse than just sucking it up and doing what needed to be done. And then once that thing is done, I am so much more relaxed.

The hardest part is taking the first step on the first thing you actually want to do. The more you practice just doing the things that you want to do, the easier it will become, and honestly the less you will procrastinate.

Also, for some reason, YouTube has been giving me shorts from this channel, and even though the advice is very surface level, it really helps to hear someone else say it every once in a while.

 

[iguazo falls]

when i saw the title i had the impulsive thought to just type "i don't" im ngl LOL. tbh tho procrasination is something i used to struggle with alot to the point where i almost failed graduating high school. these days the only thing that has consistently helped me is to not think about it too much. its much easier said than done. but i realised in the past i was really attached to meeting some sort of standard, but i mean realistically unless you are a savant most things take years. school doesn't really help with the mindset of procrastination because they expect you to master something within a month while they speedrun units and have one way of teaching. same with work.

i think if u open up blender or whatever ur using, and not have a goal that might help too. like make or import some really dumb thing. don't focus on making it perfect or professional or even sensical, just muck around and see what buttons do.

i had procrastinated for literal years picking up a paintbrush despite it being the one persisting desire in my life that was easily acchievable. i bought the items once i moved out, and procrastinated another few months. i finally started painting and man i am no picasso or whatever but just messing around and going "well its an experiment" with my project when it was done was so much more simpler than i thought it would be.