tfw you have a few months left in savings and finally get around to looking up disability and it’s all “we’ll get around to it in 6-9 months.”

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    5 months ago

    One thing I’ve found that helps “motivate” me to do an undesired task is to find another, more undesirable, task that needs to be done and convincing myself it needs to be done immediately. Then I avoid the new task, and do the original task instead.

    60% of the time it works 100% of the time.

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      5 months ago

      Yeah, task switching in general kinda works for me sometimes, it makes no difference to me how (un)desired the task is. Even tasks I enjoy are hard for me.

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          5 months ago

          My phone has literally died many times because I wouldn’t plug it in, with the charger cable *being within reach! *

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        5 months ago

        Yes, I suffer from that too. It can be as small as using the bathroom or getting another drink, to putting my woodworking hobby on indefinite hold.

        If I complete one task in a day, I feel accomplished.