Good and Bad Procrastination (2005)
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Good and Bad Procrastination (2005)
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Re: Good and Bad Procrastination (2005)
#2I find this to be the absolute hardest part of living with someone. You’re at the mercy of their ability to interrupt you and I find it incredibly demoralizing.
Re: Good and Bad Procrastination (2005)
#3I find this to be the absolute hardest part of living with someone. You’re at the mercy of their ability to interrupt you and I find it incredibly demoralizing.
Seems like a communication issue though, just explain to them how important it is for you to focus uninterrupted and hopefully they'll respect you.
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#4I find this to be the absolute hardest part of living with someone. You’re at the mercy of their ability to interrupt you and I find it incredibly demoralizing.
I find myself thinking just what you wrote every day of my married existence: it's unnatural to be in a state of pending interruption at all times.
Re: Good and Bad Procrastination (2005)
#5I find this to be the absolute hardest part of living with someone. You’re at the mercy of their ability to interrupt you and I find it incredibly demoralizing.
Seems like a communication issue though, just explain to them how important it is for you to focus uninterrupted and hopefully they'll respect you.
Generally, they won't respect you, sometimes feeling entitled to attention and other times forgetting you hoped for quiet coherence.
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Re: Good and Bad Procrastination (2005)
#7I find this to be the absolute hardest part of living with someone. You’re at the mercy of their ability to interrupt you and I find it incredibly demoralizing.
I find myself thinking just what you wrote every day of my married existence: it's unnatural to be in a state of pending interruption at all times.
A significant portion of life, irrespective of marital status, is predicated by a state of pending interruption.
Death being the most obvious.
Re: Good and Bad Procrastination (2005)
#8I find this to be the absolute hardest part of living with someone. You’re at the mercy of their ability to interrupt you and I find it incredibly demoralizing.
I find myself thinking just what you wrote every day of my married existence: it's unnatural to be in a state of pending interruption at all times.
> it's unnatural to be in a state of pending interruption at all times.
I'd think the opposite is true. Interruption is natural, and prolonged sedentary focus is a human invention.
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#9I find this to be the absolute hardest part of living with someone. You’re at the mercy of their ability to interrupt you and I find it incredibly demoralizing.
I find myself thinking just what you wrote every day of my married existence: it's unnatural to be in a state of pending interruption at all times.
It's very natural to the point of being the default of human experience. Being able to expect to not be interrupted is unnatural.
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#10I find this to be the absolute hardest part of living with someone. You’re at the mercy of their ability to interrupt you and I find it incredibly demoralizing.
Don't have kids.