How do you handle tackling chores that for whatever reason, you dread doing?

Take a shot and psyche yourself up. Clench your fists and do a warrior scream like “Ahhhhhh!” Then immediately start, using that rush of adrenaline.

Badly. I handle it all badly. I wait til the last minute, then, bitching and whining (which often involves calling someone so they get the pleasure of hearing me bitch and whine, too), I’ll do the thing. I spend much more time stressing than the task takes me.
I learn nothing.

@Blackberry Bring your warrior to my house. I’ll cook you a nice meal, and give you some decent wine.

1. gather the items you’ll need. Then walk away and do something else/fun. Think of it as a reward for taking the first step. 2. go back to the items and put your return labels and stamps on all of the envelopes. Again walk away and do something else. Continuing on to 3., 4., 5, etc until voila! you’re done! Be sure to reward yourself, whatever form that may take for you. Breaking it down is the key. I try to do this regarding the kitchen and bathroom. With larger chores like that I set a timer for the amount of time I’m going to work, then set a timer for a break and on and on. You and I are by far not the only ones with this issue!

I feel like I never learn, also! I even ask myself, “Why on earth can’t you learn to just do things (or whatever)”.

Came across a book the other day that I bought at least 6 years ago called “The Procrastination Workbook”. Have yet to open it and look.

My tactic for the chore of doing Easter cards, is to never do any Easter cards, except when I was a kid and some adult may have compelled me to do so, maybe?

I am working on my taxes. My trick there is to force myself, to enter a trance state, and to alternate doing it with doing other things.

@Zaku I’m sending some Easter cards to elderly ladies I used to work with, and a few Easter cards to relatives which will double as thank you notes (as per my link above, where I asked about it) because the relatives did great things for my birthday. Since the thank yous will be right around Easter time, I’m sending Easter cards to them and writing “thank you so much for the great time” type of thing.

@jca2 Yeah, that sounds great. I’m sure they will be much appreciated.

I kind of like doing unusual things to cheer people.

I put them off and put them off until I cannot do anything else until they are done. I spent weeks fretting about dealing with a Verizon issue and then last Monday made a very successful phone call. And yes, I will never learn.

Sometimes I pay someone else to do it.

Don’t think about. Don’t belly ache about it. Don’t cry about it. Just do it.

It’s easier to do the work than to not do the work.

Do the work and feel good about it or not do the work and feel the pain. The choice is yours.

I’m a liaison for indigenous people, but I usually keep rescheduling my visits to the Procrasti Nation. ;-)

What works for me is to clean a little bit everyday as I pass by an item that needs attention.