Because everyone is struggling and tired of it? I think mental exhaustion, burnout, anxiety are common currency these days. Don’t be hard on yourself if you need a warm up before you get started, like an old reliable beloved car.
A lot of people are saying ADHD, but I think in some cases it could also be anxiety or depression.
I don’t feel depressed, but anxiety is definitely on the menu…
Depression isn’t “feeling sad.” It has a lot of symptoms people do t commonly associate with it, including irritability and lack of motivation.
Because task starting is legit hard and I don’t think it needs some mystical explanation. The way to adress this is to break it town to small tasks and start at it. When I start my remote software engineers work day I start with a checklist to what I want to do - thats already first tiny task that sets me into work mood. Then make the first points easy loke “check email x”, “check website Y” etc.
It’s important to be descriptive with your tasks and just don’t write “check all emails” because those are demotivating and tiring just looking at it. Use multiple points of “check customer X emails”, “check email replies”.
Ive been working remotely for over 20 years so I’m very familiar with this issue and this tip is the best one I can give!
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I don’t think this is it. Like I said, I actually know I’ll enjoy it once I get started but I will scramble to come up with anything else to do instead to avoid starting it.
