• @TootSweet
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    63 hours ago

    I stress on these tasks rather than completing them because if I don’t have these tasks to stress about, I’ll have to stress about the much worse tasks waiting just behind them in the queue.

  • @QualifiedKitten
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    34 hours ago

    Thanks! Just reminded me that I had a relatively simple task to do that would have been weighing on my mind at 2a.

    Now the other tasks on my mind are “perpetual tasks” or otherwise aren’t so simple to complete, like finding a new job. So uh, how do I stop stressing about those tasks?

  • @PugJesus
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    178 hours ago

    If only such a thing were possible

  • @[email protected]
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    77 hours ago

    What if I come close to finishing it just to add more work?

    What worked for me was to have someone hold me accountable for missing work

    • @frickineh
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      46 hours ago

      Hmm that might be why I’m fine at my actual job but awful at doing anything productive at home. I told my coworker I needed someone to come “help” me by basically sitting in my living room judging all the laundry piles. Like, just come over and talk shit and redirect me when I get distracted every 12 seconds.

    • @TehBamski
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      26 hours ago

      Can you be my accountability?

      • @[email protected]
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        6 hours ago

        I… Do work exhibitionism…

        I go to Starbucks, most vulnerable spot, preferably inside

        Now, if I’m procrastinating, EVERYONE KNOWS IM PROCRASTINATING.

        it works.

        • @[email protected]
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          13 hours ago

          This is a great idea and I was excited until I remembered how hard it is to think deeply while my anxious mind tries to register everything around it.