Do I Have to Feel Motivated to Start? Procrastination and Waiting for the Right Mood

Waiting to feel motivated keeps procrastination going. Why the mood follows the start and how a fixed five-minute start works on any day.

By imprUvement (@impruvement.bsky.social)
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No. Waiting for the right mood is a quiet form of procrastination: the feeling you're waiting for usually shows up after you begin, not before. So you set a five-minute start that's fixed in advance, small enough that your mood today has nothing left to decide.

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