Everyone's situation is a little different so you'll need to decide for yourself if this applies.
When I get into weird unproductive spirals I'm often sitting with the anxiety that I should be doing something else, the burn 6 hours doing nothing with that my anxiety over my shoulder. And do it again. And again.
My advice for that? Give yourself real time off. If you can, like a week with explicitly no goals. No plans. No anything.
If you can, avoid any reddit/twitter/yt doomscrolling if you're prone to that.
Because we're trying to get bored again.
Like super bored. Like sincerely board af. Not just tired or out of ideas what to do.
Get bored af like little kids do.
Hopefully you'll find old interests a little fresher and newer after that. Give yourself space to feel that spark of interest and excitement.
When I get into weird unproductive spirals I'm often sitting with the anxiety that I should be doing something else, the burn 6 hours doing nothing with that my anxiety over my shoulder. And do it again. And again.
My advice for that? Give yourself real time off. If you can, like a week with explicitly no goals. No plans. No anything.
If you can, avoid any reddit/twitter/yt doomscrolling if you're prone to that.
Because we're trying to get bored again.
Like super bored. Like sincerely board af. Not just tired or out of ideas what to do.
Get bored af like little kids do.
Hopefully you'll find old interests a little fresher and newer after that. Give yourself space to feel that spark of interest and excitement.