1. (Youāve heard it before, but itās critical) Set time goals, not accomplishment goals. If I tell myself: āIāll get this project done before noon!ā
and then I donāt, I get disheartened. But, if I say: Iāll do 2 hours before 10am, thats easy!
2. Just break off that first layer of work. Idk what your job is but like for example: simply import the footage. put in one little chunk of data into excel. code 16 lines (is that a lot?) carve one peg. draw just the outline, etc, etc. you get the idea. For me, just getting one tiny part done puts into perspective how fast I could do it, and that helps a lot
Jul 15, 2024
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ok i super identify with this and what i've found helpful is:
- breaking my ideas up (if that makes any sense). if i can find a way to split something into stages/steps it becomes less intimidating... might sound really obvious but it took me a while to figure it out š
- getting someone else involved in ur project is also a good way to get around this - if u don't know how to start, they might
- make lists like your life depends on it
Mar 25, 2025
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Classic recommendationā¦ one I donāt seem to understand. sounds easy, but pretty impossible for me to do.
How do i fix it ????
I want to do many things (creative and university relatedā¦.) but i canāt seem to be able to sit down and start.. if i do, 20 minutes of work seems like an eternity so i give myself a breakā¦ all of a sudden itās been two days and i still havenāt finished one simple task.
Jun 5, 2024
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when the work just seems too big and bad. my therapist told me to do this and it was the only way i actually got myself to finish a project that i had been avoiding and building up in my head.
i spent the first 15 minute session with just the goal of writing out my to-do list, and by the end of that i realized that it wasnāt that big of a list after all. so then i did another 15 min, and another. and even though overall i only ended up working less than an hour on the project, it felt great bc i still worked 3x longer than i set out to!! and it felt so much more manageable getting back to it the next day!
Mar 22, 2024
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Wait in the line. Wait in the fucking line, talk to the cashier and make a joke. Hone your small talk. if we stop using the express checkouts they will shut em down. Theyāll give the cashiers more hours, more demand and more money. itāll result in them having more power. Talking shit about AI is easy but now itās time to choose the people over the robots in person. In real life.
May 21, 2024
its really simple. You get a few lists: queue, completed, archived, paused. Thereās no āfriendsā, so no one will be able to see what youāre reading. Thereās no āgoalsā so you can just read for fun, at the speed you want. Your reviews are for you and you alone. If you want to track what you want to read and what youāve already read without feeling like youāre on social media, ItalicType is what you need.
Oct 8, 2024
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I think a lot of kids grow up with largely friends of their same gender. Thatās the problem. Heteronormativity and seperating the genders in every aspect of life. sports, activities, friend groups. We condition men (and women!) to begin othering the opposite sex from birth. When in doubt, ungender it.
Apr 10, 2024