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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Option 1 doesn't even exists for me. The feeling of accomplishment only comes after option 2. ☹️

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

There’s no feeling accomplished.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

There is only regret that I didn't do the other things I could have done

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

this isnt a choice lol. help me im in hell

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

If you do option 1, there will just be more when you would have done option 2.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago

They wouldn’t even test me for ADHD (“it’s probably something else”), but so much this.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

You are assuming that I can't decide to do option 1, when i am just sitting there fully aware of needing to do it and just frozen emotionally by the idea of doing something that could be difficult.(even if it could be easy)

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

This is so me... "Start to think about it, not sure how to start, brain 'slides off' it, do something else"...

If I can get a hook into it, I can move onwards (even a task list is good)...

Then again, as I get older, I'm feeling even less motivated than usual and it's harder to get on with things.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Sometimes, the more I know, the more I overthink how much I have to do for the "best" outcome. I also do take pleasure watching some YouTube videos on extreme precision crafting or metalworks.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I don't even get the 'feel accomplished' part of tasks when I do them on time. Makes it real hard to convince myself to do things, I tell you hwat

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

For me, I need to do the first thing in my schedule "right" or else my day is ruined and I lost the motivation to do anything properly.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

From what I understand, our brains lack that ability to different extents. It was explained that this "reward" pathway being broken is one of the reasons why our minds assign a lower priority to different tasks and making something routine is so difficult.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 year ago (1 children)

What about contemplating uprooting your entire life and going into the forest to live as a hermit?

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago

Crosses my mind multiple times a day. I'd probably die, but I'd be free.

[–] [email protected] 22 points 1 year ago (2 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

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

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

Not till the last minute tho, of course

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago

The third option is to just buy more clothes instead of washing them. Or decide you never really wanted to do that hobby anyway.

[–] [email protected] 27 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Doing nothing now feels so much better than doing nothing later

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 year ago

sits in place feeling too guilty to actually enjoy the now

[–] [email protected] 16 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

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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