How do you beat procrastination?

When I started to learn about Steem, I quickly realized that it has some serious potential. When I saw how much first posters got rewards (although they weren't paid yet) I knew I had to start writing too. I even managed to make a few posts.

On intellectual level I knew that I could make a lot of money by writing every day. On early days there were no competition. But now that the first rewards are paid, many others truly realized that "hey, this platform actually pays something!" From now on it will be much more harder to get big rewards because competition is much more harder.

Looking back now it seems ridiculous how little I wrote. I'm unemployed so even time wasn't an excuse.

Real reason was my Instant Gratification Monkey. Tim Urban has been writing about it and I find it highly corresponding to my behavior.

He gave a TED talk about it a while ago:

My monkey hasn't really been that bad. When I read posts in Steem I usually get a lot great ideas for writing. Sometimes the monkey lets me write the first draft. But eventually it kicks in and the writing is not finished.

• "Hey, let's go and watch videos about people doing stupid things and hurting themselves! It's so funny!"

• "Don't you remember that you haven't finished reading that book about how to raise cattle? It's very important to know stuff like that!"

• "You know what? Taoism is actually kinda cool religion, maybe you should study it more? At least listen to all Drunken Taoist podcast episodes."

• "Log homes are so beautiful. Maybe you should learn how to make them? But first look pictures about them. Then order some books. But of course you should do a thorough research what are the best books so you don't waste your money."

So yeah, thanks to Instant Gratification Monkey, I'm a guy who knows a little bit about everything but is expert at nothing.

Anybody here succeeded in beating procrastination? How did you managed to do it? Any tips?

I have a nice list of topics that I could write about and publish in Steem. Even when the monetary reward is almost instant is really hard to force myself to do the actual writing.

This post is written under the influence of Focus@will. I recently subscribed to it and found it to be a little bit helpful. Drums & Hums is the best channel.