Option 1 doesn't even exists for me. The feeling of accomplishment only comes after option 2. ☹️
this post was submitted on 08 Apr 2024
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There’s no feeling accomplished.
There is only regret that I didn't do the other things I could have done
this isnt a choice lol. help me im in hell
If you do option 1, there will just be more when you would have done option 2.
They wouldn’t even test me for ADHD (“it’s probably something else”), but so much this.
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)
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.
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.
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
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.
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.
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!
What about contemplating uprooting your entire life and going into the forest to live as a hermit?
Crosses my mind multiple times a day. I'd probably die, but I'd be free.
FUCK. I REALLY HAVE TO DO MY FUCKING TAXES. ARG.... maybe after this round of league.
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
May you get horrible team mates until you quit from frustration and end up doing your taxes because you're bored.
Not till the last minute tho, of course
The third option is to just buy more clothes instead of washing them. Or decide you never really wanted to do that hobby anyway.
Doing nothing now feels so much better than doing nothing later
There's also so many fun things to do right now!
doesn't do those either
sits in place feeling too guilty to actually enjoy the now
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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