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Task breakup (lemmy.ml)

submitted 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I've found that breaking a daunting task down into concrete steps and eating away at it in baby steps helps me get it done. When I take Concerta, it helps me focus on the boring nitty-gritty bits, and it enables me to focus on activities like reading where you don't have to do any planning. But the actual process planning/task breakup stays just as cognitively straining as before and becomes the new bottleneck to my productivity. Can this also be fixed with a pill, or does everyone have it this hard and is it a skill that you get better at over time?

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago (1 children)

i treat tasks as a quest. understanding that each quest ends with a new obstacle. this helps me. i still struggle with starting a task/quest. once i get going i can keep conquering quests/tasks.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago

Oooh, micro-accomplishments to get that dopamine hit on the wins. This is smart too as it retrains the brain to seek it out. One day, one day, it'll fight this process less, because it wants that sweet dopamine micro-hit.