I feel exactly the same way. I have been thinking about this A LOT the past year, where I have finally gotten control and see myself more objectively.
My working theory is that... well... you are two I often feel like the talking part of my brain lays out these great plans of how I am going to work on a project and how much time I am going to spend on it each day. Just for "something" to step in and ruin it with procrastination and doing fun things. I think that I have a talking brain which knows what is going to happen if I do not put in the effort, and a non talking brain which just wants to have fun all of the time.
I would love some discussion on this topic as it has been on my mind for quite a while.
A little more context, the reason I have finally started seing this pattern is because of two podcasts both with the youtuber CGP Grey from the video. "Hello Internet" and "Cortex". To me it seems like Grey feels the same as we do, but he has put in so many systems to "trick" the silent fun brain, and thus he has become more efficient. I highly recommend both podcasts, they are both entertaining and mind blowing.
Finally, I have about 3 months from now on which are fairly light on the mental labor department where I am going to focus more on trying to be more efficient and productive using a lot of the advice that Grey gives in both podcasts. Would love to discuss some methods for this as well.
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