Whether it's a pile of dirty dishes, the leaves to rake or an appointment that has to be made, there are plenty of tasks that can easily get put off throughout the day. And, unfortunately, it seems like the longer these to-dos are avoided, the more overwhelming and stressful they seem.
While there are plenty of general tips on how to stop procrastinating , there's one game-changing piece of advice that's making its rounds on social media—and for good reason.
TikTok creator Jenny Park (@mohaewithjennypark) , shared a genius trick with her 151k+ followers, calling it a "dopamine life hack to stop procrastinating," AKA her "number one tip to get anything done—especially the things that you don't want to do."
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As the TikTok explains, this genius trick involves a type of reward system where you "find a way to get dopamine" from the chore or activity that you don't want to do.
"If there are certain mindless things around the house that I just dread doing, like putting away clothes or unloading the dishwasher, I will save certain YouTube videos or podcasts that I can only do for these specific tasks," Park explained in the video. "I'll listen to the podcast and then mindlessly do the task and it makes the time go by so much faster, then I'm tricking myself into getting dopamine from this task."
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"Steal this life hack and you'll be way more productive!!" she captioned her video.
Viewers agree.
One person commented, "Yessss needing to clean, do laundry, etc = immediate headphones and podcast on[.]"
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"This is how I trained for a half marathon[—]I was only allowed to watch New Girl on the treadmill and it works!" another viewer said.
An additional commenter agreed: "When I clean my house I either call my sister or I listen to a podcast[.]"
"Yes! Audiobooks have changed the house chores game for me," someone else wrote.
We're definitely not going to put off taking this advice!
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