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mirimir on April 22, 2016 | parent | context | favorite | on: Why Wait? the Science Behind Procrastination

> Procrastinators might chop up tasks into smaller pieces so they can work through a more manageable series of assignments.

This was a key insight for me. Knowing that I can finish just this one piece in one sitting makes it doable.

Terr_ on April 22, 2016 [–]

IMO another very powerful thing is to stop saying "do the very next thing" and say "do any of the next things".

Sometimes you get side-tracked determining the "proper order" of your little tasks in excruciating detail, which feels like work.

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