Next time for sure

[nancylebov]

I've noticed that when people talk about getting their asses in gear or getting their lazy asses out of a chair, or any such metaphors, it's pretty much about things they aren't doing.

Is that sort of talking to yourself generally ineffective, or does it work some of the time?

Comments

[metahacker.livejournal.com]

Sometimes it helps, yeah. It's a good reminder that you *are* being lazy, which make you consciously decide whether to remain lazy or to stop being lazy.

I do note there's a class of people (of which I am a part-time member) who just like saying that sort of thing and not following up, either due to a need to feel persecuted or as an excuse to others why they're not doing stuff ("look! I'm trying! Quit bugging me so I can go back to being lazy!")

Hmm. That last one could be a quote.

[nellorat.livejournal.com]

I don't usually say that, and I'd think it would be ineffective if I did. However, once I was talking about writing/studying, and youngersib and I realized that what we needed to do was to get our asses in our chairs, to write or study--and that seemed funny and did seem to work.

[zenlizard]

I sometimes talk to an ex-girlfriend of mine , and when I do so, she usually ends teh conversation with the phrase "time to motivate". Oddly enough, she usually then goes and gets done whatever motivated her to use the phrase...

[nosebeepbear.livejournal.com]

works better for me if I leave out "lazy." What works best for me lately is "I'll feel better when x is done."

[nancylebov.livejournal.com]

That's very sensible-sounding. I'll try it on myself.