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		eloisius on Jan 1, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Procrastination is connected to perfectionism Personally, it would make me feel a burden of shame to have announced a goal and then had a setback, which would become a greater discouragement then just facing a setback if I had not made a big deal about it in the first place.

breakingcups on Jan 1, 2024 [–]

That, and you've skipped ahead and gotten a bit of the social reward for the project without doing it yet. So the reward will be less too.

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