Procrastination and feeling dull

Visions of the Rewilding Renaissance Grief & Praise
#1

So lately I have just been feeling, blah… been procrastinating extensively when I know I shouldn’t, been playing too much video games too, visiting too many forums, not getting outside enough, exercising enough, etc. etc. Been hardly able to sleep… just feeling blah…

I think I need to get out and do more, and I think relying on my car might result in these conditions, because it make me procrastinate right from the start of the day, that I don’t have to get up till the last minute, do anything till the last minute, etc. So… I’m going to walk to school, because my bike tire went flat and I broke the shift cable (at the same time riding home from school the other week, weird coincidence). Anyhow, it’s 3 miles, so a 6 miles walk a day I think will do me good, get me active in the morning, and preparing more for the day rather than last minuting everything and living in sleepless dull feeling. I also need to just get out more, and be more disciplined, so maybe, this will help me with that.

#2

I just had a conversation with myself about this the other day. . .I think driving in a car gets energy stuck in us, since our body’s not directly responsible for our locomotion. You initiate the intention to move, then a machine takes over the work and the energy piles up in us and gets uneven, like water piling up behind a dam–too much in one place, not enough in another [the rewilding hypocrite said as she hopped in her car and drove across town, spewing out further hypocritical comments along with the car exhaust, like “I hate those fucking leaf blowers!”]

I bet the walk will feel super good. It amazes me when I switch up to walking or biking, how much more i see, hear, feel, interact than when I drone on through the place in a vehicle.

#3

Dude, I’ve been feeling exactly the same. I sleep in too late, do nothing, and go to bed way too late. My excuse is the cold weather, but that’s not much of an excuse.

Edit: Whoa! I just found this link via Ran’s site.

Europeans slept most of their winter away, and there was nothing wrong with it!

#4

Most things in nature are like this during the colder months, hibernating, sleeping more, slower movements, sluggish, in order to conserve energy and heat (body fat)… name a mammal that lives in a colder region that doesn’t behave like this… to think that we, as humans, as mammals, should behave differently is just one more way that the notion is ingrained in our heads that we are different than other animals…

#5

And that “work”, any kind of work, no matter what, is always inherently good. So sloth is something to be abhored.

#6

ahh so true all, but alas, school doesn’t stop because it’s winter, nor does my rent payments -_-

but, I don’t know how much of this deals specifically with the weather…

#7

I guess the only thing to do while you’re still in school is to do what you can to deny nature (god, I feel so evil, so very consciously evil, for advising someone to deny nature!).

Anyway… definitely walk and get exercise; you’ll keep your energy levels up. Also, if you can shell out for one of those lamps that mimics the sun’s light, you might feel a difference.

#8

[quote=“Fenriswolfr, post:6, topic:544”]ahh so true all, but alas, school doesn’t stop because it’s winter, nor does my rent payments -_-

but, I don’t know how much of this deals specifically with the weather…[/quote]

If you think it may be more you than it is the weather, I would recommend a technique that I developed called “helicopter vision.” The better your imagination, the better it works. :slight_smile: Just imagine that you are in a helicopter that is following yourself around from a short distance, and observe yourself in your social/physical environment carefully. Also observe your feelings and emotional reactions. It might help you learn something about yourself and make the necessary emotional/psychological breakthroughs to get you out of wherever you are stuck.

#9
I just had a conversation with myself about this the other day. . .I think driving in a car gets energy stuck in us, since our body's not directly responsible for our locomotion. You initiate the intention to move, then a machine takes over the work and the energy piles up in us and gets uneven, like water piling up behind a dam--too much in one place, not enough in another

I just had a thought today that one hour of driving in a car feels longer than one hour of walking.

#10

Oo interesting, never heard or tried that before, I’ll give it a shot. Wonder how that will do on my social situations tho haha.

#11

[quote=“Fenriswolfr, post:10, topic:544”][quote author=SilverArrow]
If you think it may be more you than it is the weather, I would recommend a technique that I developed called “helicopter vision.”
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Oo interesting, never heard or tried that before, I’ll give it a shot. Wonder how that will do on my social situations tho haha.[/quote]

Well, I usually don’t do it when I’m with friends - it is kind of weird. But ocassionally I monitor my reactions to media, as well as physical spaces (architecture/streets/nature). I also play back interactions w/ people. It has helped me narrow in on behavior that I want to change.

#12

hehe okay, yeah, I was thinking that it might be kind of weird in that type of situation…