As a professional procrastinator I'll definitely follow your advice... ... tomorrow.
exactly
Stop looking at HN and go work that thing you promised yourself you'd work on
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#22But if I stop looking at HN, I won't get wonderful tips like: "Stop looking at HN..."
lol
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#23As a professional procrastinator I'll definitely follow your advice... ... tomorrow.
...someday.
/better at it than you.
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#24Ha! This kinda talk belongs in Reddit.
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#25I was foolish to expect this to link me to a Medium piece or editorial, really..
sorry. I like to keep my advice to 20 words or less.
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#26Your thing is too hard man, you need to break it up into bite sized chunks :)
that's really good advice. I keep avoiding this set of classes for notifications maybe I should break it into a smaller goal.
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#27I'm struggling to push the magic "launch" button. It's a curse.
just do it. you won't know until you do.
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#28It occurs to me that the folk most likely to see this advice are those least likely to follow it.
you caught me
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#29It occurs to me that the folk most likely to see this advice are those least likely to follow it.
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#30Or use HN to "sharpen the axe": focus on reading stuff on HN that is actually useful to your goals. Voila! Guilt-free slacking.
That's how I convince myself that the many man-months I have sunk into HN are not in fact wasted but on balance a net positive. Humans are really good at rationalizing away counter-productive behaviour. :)
it's like gambling. click on 10 articles get 5 not worth reading, a couple that are interesting and might be useful later, and once in a while you get something you can use now.