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minus-squareLouNeko@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·22 hours agoMe: completes task Reward center: “I pretend I didn’t see that.”
minus-squareTelorand@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·14 hours agoThis is why I’ve started giving myself treats after I finish something like dishes (sometimes during, too). It’s not much, but it helps get through it!
minus-squareLouNeko@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·13 hours agoBut you can just have the treat without doing the task. Just take the treat. Do it. You know you want it. There’s nobody stopping you. There’s no immediate consequence for just taking the treat. Just take it. Do it.
minus-squareFediNeko@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·13 hours agoYou’re a bad influence. stuffs treat in mouth hole
minus-squarexmunk@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·22 hours agoBrain: “Did you realize that while you were doing that there were thirty other things you didn’t do?”
minus-squareLouNeko@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·22 hours agoOr my personal favorite: “There’s a chance that the thing I’m attempting isn’t going to be perfect straight away, so maybe I shouldn’t even try.”
minus-squarexmunk@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·21 hours agoYou don’t miss 100% of the shots you don’t take!
Me: completes task
Reward center: “I pretend I didn’t see that.”
This is why I’ve started giving myself treats after I finish something like dishes (sometimes during, too). It’s not much, but it helps get through it!
But you can just have the treat without doing the task.
Just take the treat.
Do it.
You know you want it.
There’s nobody stopping you.
There’s no immediate consequence for just taking the treat.
Just take it.
Do it.
You’re a bad influence. stuffs treat in mouth hole
Brain: “Did you realize that while you were doing that there were thirty other things you didn’t do?”
Is sleep one of them?
Or my personal favorite:
“There’s a chance that the thing I’m attempting isn’t going to be perfect straight away, so maybe I shouldn’t even try.”
You don’t miss 100% of the shots you don’t take!