Posted by Llurpsie_noodle on January 10, 2007, at 14:41:46
Aversive Task Cognitive Interference
How I define my aversive tasks
1) This task is really important to me, or it's compulsory/required by someone.
2) I find this task really unpleasant, unrewarding, boring.Behavior
1) Avoiding Aversive taskAssociation
aversive tasks : avoidanceeventually
all postponed tasks take on an aversive character (even if they're pleasant-- like X-mas shopping)
consequences
1) anxiety
2) feeling of no self-efficacy
3) low self-esteem
4) cycle of procrastination where even mundane tasks take on an aversive quality and produce feelings 1-3 above.Solution
start now on the most aversive task of the day. The big thing. once you get a little bit done, reevaluate."I feel better about today, because I just got ____ out of the way. I'm not such a lazy dumb f*ck afterall. Now when I go on psycho-babble I won't feel like a procrastinating loser. I will associate psychobabble with happy times, rather than with the anxiety that mounts as I engage in procrastinatory behavior"
"I do better work when I am not under pressure"
"I feel better about my work when I am able to get it completed ahead of my deadlines"
"I feel better about my work when I can break it into small chunks and do them one by one"
[my interpretation of iprocrasinate podcast on aversive tasks. I have more notes too.]
poster:Llurpsie_noodle
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