64 points

Here’s the thing. If there’s a 1% chance that the task will no longer be necessary by the time it’s due, I can’t afford to risk wasting the time to complete the task. Much better idea to spend that time in stress-paralysis until there is a 100% certainty of the task being necessary.

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15 points

The stress will fuel productivity

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3 points

I’ve settled for a 0.5% chance even

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59 points

Wait, are the rest of you feeling accomplished after finishing tasks?

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Exactly: do the task, feel either nothing or like a fraud depending on if it meets your self-imposed ludicrous standard.

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15 points

Or find all the flaws after the fact, and feel bad for not doing a perfect job.

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5 points

You’ll never get it perfect, so I found it useful to reframe it as aiming to get as close as possible to perfect then giving yourself a fair critique so you kniw how to get closer next time. It’s sort of Zeno’s perfection paradox. You get closer each time, but never actually get there.

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10 points

Do the task not because having it complete brings you joy, but because having it left undone brings you suffering.

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2 points

Fuuck

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I don’t think that’s really a thing. It’s just a ruse to try to convince you to do more stuff.

It’s like that “you feel great after running for an hour”. Well I ran every other day for six months, I never felt anything other than sore and sweaty. It’s all lies.

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6 points

See, for me, exercise is one of the few reliable ways to actually get those feel-good brain juices.

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9 points

So you’re part of the conspiracy.

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5 points

Did you properly stretch, warm up, cool down, and stretch again? If you’re still sore after 6 months, either your form is off or you have a medical issue. Can’t help you on the sweaty thing. That’s why I prefer to swim/surf

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8 points

I was more tired than sore, to be honest. The main point is that I never got to a point where I felt good about running. It was always a chore. After a while I gave up on it because I just hated it.

Nowadays I just walk because at least I can take in the scenery, stop to look at stuff, look at birds, take pictures and whatever.

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Those times when I’ve achieved runners high it was when I pushed myself to carry a heavier load, and walk faster. Never during endurance training.

I would feel my legs burn and there’s a temptation to slow down, but that was the signal to forge on commit to walking faster.

At the time I had a very specific motivation for walking, and I wish I hadn’t stopped walking when that motivation was gone. It’s hard to start up again.

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4 points

I typically complete a task to then immediately jump onto the next thing.

I remember while being rewarded for a job well done, I didn’t hear a single thing because I was mentally trying to solve the next problem.

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4 points

Me too! There’s always another task

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4 points

nah just exhaustion. but I get that from not doing the task too

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27 points

Doing nothing now feels so much better than doing nothing later

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9 points

There’s also so many fun things to do right now!

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8 points

doesn’t do those either

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13 points

sits in place feeling too guilty to actually enjoy the now

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22 points

FUCK. I REALLY HAVE TO DO MY FUCKING TAXES. ARG… maybe after this round of league.

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8 points

May you get horrible team mates until you quit from frustration and end up doing your taxes because you’re bored.

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4 points

Not till the last minute tho, of course

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5 points

My accountant had a deadline for submitting things and I was stressing as the day got near. I double checked and I remembered the day wrong and it was a little later.

What did I do?

Got it in on the last day lol

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For anyone suffering from constantly falling into Option 2, my solution for the past decade has been pomodoro timers (30 mins of music).

Once I hear the music, I just focus.

Then the music stops, my brain and focus stops. I either relax, procrastinate, or restart the timer.

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