Maybe instead of calling as yourself pretend to be someone who is very comfortable calling their doctor. 🤔
Not sure if that works 😅
I can call the doctor. I know I can. But I keep procrastinating nonetheless…
I can’t explain how to do this because it’s in my head but when I have to make a call or something I keep putting off I can force myself to do it by kind of taking my brain out of the equation. Like for a phone call I just start dialing and by the time the procrastinating part of me catches on to what’s happening the phone is already ringing and I might as well go through with it.
It’s like the same brain mechanics that prevent you from touching a hot stove. You got to go out of your way to override or tick it since phone calls are also existential hazards.
I do the same when I want to start working on any task but it seems daunting or boring and I procrastinate. I just do the first step, like “ok just open the task’s description, read it and try to understand the context”. By the time I did this, I have no difficulty moving to the next step.
I’ve desperately needed a dentist appointment for so long… but I keep doing this.
Do you want to lose a tooth? Cause that’s how you lose a tooth. Speaking from experience here.
And despite being pretty good about dentist’s appointments these days, I, too, have been putting off a doctor’s appointment for weeks now. (It’s tomorrow, finally. )
yup. almost did it to find my doctors office eliminated saturday hours. Now I can procrastinate looking for a new doctors office with weekend hours before I even get to the appointment phase.
Procastination is a fun costume our fears wear. I’ll do anything if I can avoid calling someone, it stresses me a lot. But knowing it and dealing with it helps me.
That said, roleplaying someone that’s good calling sometimes helps as catharso said. Just don’t do any MGS voice.
My GP has an online tool to make appointments, and it’s great. I wouldn’t use it for genuinely private stuff because the company behind it is a bit shady, but booking an appointment to get vaccinated is generic enough for me to pick convenience over privacy. It’d be great if they could use open-source, privacy-respecting software, though.
