I think I have a touch of demand avoidance, too much accountability is counter-productive for me. I start to resist when I feel like Iām being pressured to do something, even when that pressure if coming from my and my own decisions. Iām starting to work out ways of navigating around my own silly psychological quirks, but it does make routines and consistency a problem for me. I have found breaking things down into small chunks so I canāt use the ādonāt have timeā type excuses helps, and allowing myself choices about when I do something also helps. This approach has worked well with housework and similar things, hopefully I can successfully apply it to exercise too.
I thought a timer was a good idea, but I almost ended up buying a full set of hourglasses and a fancy version that uses coloured water. Managed to pull myself back to just a standard, sensible timer, but it was a close call!
RustyRaven@aussie.zone āØ9ā© āØhoursā© ago
I think I have a touch of demand avoidance, too much accountability is counter-productive for me. I start to resist when I feel like Iām being pressured to do something, even when that pressure if coming from my and my own decisions. Iām starting to work out ways of navigating around my own silly psychological quirks, but it does make routines and consistency a problem for me. I have found breaking things down into small chunks so I canāt use the ādonāt have timeā type excuses helps, and allowing myself choices about when I do something also helps. This approach has worked well with housework and similar things, hopefully I can successfully apply it to exercise too.
LowExperience2368@aussie.zone āØ9ā© āØhoursā© ago
fellow demand avoider here. thank you for the tip :)
i think it can work well with exercise, you can do this!!!
RustyRaven@aussie.zone āØ8ā© āØhoursā© ago
I thought a timer was a good idea, but I almost ended up buying a full set of hourglasses and a fancy version that uses coloured water. Managed to pull myself back to just a standard, sensible timer, but it was a close call!