when I'm behind on something there's this inbuilt tendency—as a response to already being underwater—to procrastinate even more
but that tendency to procrastinate but be treated with cheerful ruthlessness: oh hell no!
Best of luck. You've got this. It's going to be great! Now get moving.
2d ago
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give your body/brain the time it needs, the writing will flow back to you when its ready (maybe try another silly creative outlet that you can fuck around with and avoid trying to perfect it, ease the creativity back into your brain) OR remember that some of your opps are probably pushing thru the procrastination (this works most times for me... i will finish all my work asap)
Mar 13, 2025
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set a timer for yourself to do the thing you've been procrastinating for five minutes. then work up to 10, 15, etc.
i often feel way better after I Do The Thing. the procrastination part is usually just dreading getting started, but once you do the task tends to go by quickly, esp if you put on music or a TV show in the background. calling a friend or just having them in the room to body double is helpful as well if you are of the ADHD persuasion.
i totally understand the fear of failure though - i often let wanting things to be "perfect" get in the way of "good enough". not that you should half-ass things, but go a little easier on yourself. i'm sure whatever project you're working on will turn out 10X better than you think it will. best of luck xx
Mar 15, 2025
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If there is something you are dreading/scared to do, just throw yourself into it and do it, don’t worry about doing it right necessarily. Make it fear you with how directly you’re attacking it, flip the script. Thanks Nike. Prioritize action to inaction.
Semi related too, if there’s something you want to put off that takes less then 5 minutes, always do it then.
Aug 28, 2024
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this is worthy of celebration: the lack of video—autoplay video, noisy inane video, panicky video, algorithmic, dumb video, rabbit hole video, any video—on pi.fyi is a good thing
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this is going to hurt — A LOT — but it's getting to the point where there's no other option
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