Make a better version of yourself!

First of all, congrats on making it to 11 days! You're doing good.
I was also a serial procrastinator , and I haven't exactly stopped procrastinating now either. I think that PMO and procrastination are very interrelated, at least in my case. I used to PMO about once in two days for a long long time, and used to procrastinate everything; even the smallest of tasks like washing a mug I had my coffee in (my sink is 2 ft from where I sit).

I think just doing NoFap doesn't get you out of the habit of procrastination, but it definitely makes it easier. Right now I'm on my day 25 (I think), and I can see that I'm procrastinating less than before. The thing is, you need to make conscious efforts to not delay tasks. Like instead of thinking of doing your laundry "later sometime", do it now if you aren't working on something more important!

I believe that we procrastinate because of some sort of anxiety. We would feel some pressure or stress if we do a particular task, so we postpone it until we cannot postpone it further. In the process of doing that, we're essentially taking that free time from our future self.

One of the things that I've been doing which helps, is waking up a bit sooner than before, and getting that task done which is currently the most difficult thing I have to do. I can't always get myself to do it, but when I do it, my day goes WAY better. I feel very energetic and motivated just because of that sense of accomplishment I got in the morning. It could be writing a piece of code, or watching a few lectures online, or starting to work on a report. Some people call it "eat the frog". If you had to eat a frog, what could be worse? The analogy is, if you finish your most daunting task, what could be worse? Also, you have the maximum willpower to do anything in the morning when you wake up, and it slowly goes down as the day goes by. I'm sure you would have noticed that. You're more likely to cook a meal in the morning than at 10pm. The idea is, to put that willpower to use in the morning! I actually never had a bad day on the days when I did this thing in the morning! See if that works for you

Cheers


PS: I've made a post about how and why some habits are difficult to lose.. maybe it'll help you too! https://www.nofap.com/forum/index.php?threads/all-about-dopamine-and-pmo.192653/

 

Although you'll find many quotes and sayings about how to keep yourself motivated, I think if you want to be motivated, you need to find the reason why you're doing this. It might take you some time to figure out the "why", but once you find that one reason for which you're willing to go so far, things get easier.