📌 How to make working so fun you don't WANT to procrastinate

Jul 1 • Mindset

Two years ago, I hated school.

I’d sit down to study, open my homework, pull out my pencil… and then within seconds, I’d be on YouTube. Just endlessly scrolling Shorts, trying to avoid the discomfort of real work.

Even when I tried to focus, my mind would drift. I’d open up Google Classroom, then instinctively open a new tab and type "youtube.com" without even realizing. It was like I wasn’t in control. Like there was something inside me that just had to avoid work.

So what did I do? I compromised. I let the videos play quietly in the background. I started my homework with distractions on both screens. And eventually I convinced myself that this was just how I worked best — that I needed stimulation to stay productive.

But deep down, I knew it wasn’t true. I knew I was lying to myself.

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And I think a lot of people are in the same place.

They don’t actually like studying. It doesn’t feel good. So they add music, or background noise, or scrolling breaks — just to make it bearable. But the truth is… they’ve never actually experienced what studying can feel like.

I didn’t either. Until I found flow.

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Flow is this strange, beautiful state.

You’re doing work, but it doesn’t feel like work. Time passes without you noticing. You forget to check your phone. You stop thinking about how much you hate what you're doing. You just do it. And it feels effortless.

It’s not always easy to access, but when you do… it changes how you see everything.

You start enjoying tasks that used to drain you. You stop reaching for dopamine. You don’t need noise or stimulation — because the work itself becomes rewarding.

And here’s the thing:

Flow isn’t some magical feeling you need to chase.

It’s something you can train.

There are systems for getting into flow. You can design your environment, your habits, your mindset — so that flow becomes a regular part of your life.

When I discovered that, everything changed.

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I stopped trying to multitask during class. I stopped listening to music that pulled me out of focus. I started using techniques like deep work blocks, cold showers, deliberate triggers — all things that prepared my brain to enter flow.

And slowly, I stopped hating school.

Not because the content changed. But because I changed.

Because my relationship with effort changed.

When I learned to enjoy effort — when I learned to feel good while doing hard things — school became less of a chore. And more of a practice. Like meditation. Or martial arts.

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That’s what I think most students miss.

They think success is about discipline or grinding.

But I think it’s about presence.

It’s about learning to be here — fully — with the work in front of you.

And when you can do that, even for 20 minutes… everything shifts.

I’m not going to hype this up more than it needs to be.

All I’ll say is: if studying feels like pain, and you’re always reaching for distractions, you owe it to yourself to learn how to get into flow.

Not for the grades.

Not for productivity.

But because it makes life better.

I’ve made a few posts on how to do it.