100 sats \ 4 replies \ @Undisciplined 1 Apr \ on: Zoom Out mostly_harmless
I spend a lot of time in this mode at work. I feel overwhelmed with the number of different projects I'm supposed to be working on and it freezes me in inaction. I end up procrastinating and hanging out on SN, instead of chipping away at part of it.
When we're finally approaching a deadline, I just push all but that project to the side and focus on it and I actually get a lot done.
Other times, I might just pick a smaller task (although I never really know how long anything is going to take) and tell myself to just take however much time I need to get it done. Usually, it's much easier than I expected and I feel a lot of relief clearing it from the deck.
Yeah, I resemble this remark.
Breaking things down always helps me get moving. Getting to done on even a small piece can help unblock the mind.
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if I zoom out I see my list of uncompleted projects so much larger than my completed projects and I get sad, but no worries, I'm not going to stress myself about it. It is not possible to do it all.
About doing many things at once, I try to avoid it now. And focus on one by one. It turns out our brain is bad at multitasking. When we switch between tasks, we need time to refocus. Multitasking is only good when you can do one of the things without thinking too much, like automatically.