or maybe i just need a social group to enforce doing high-effort/high-reward things?
this worked well when i was a kid, then i never really figured out how to get a good social group to keep the momentum
and the hard stuff *really is* a lot more fun! every time i go, "dang i should do this more often"!
maybe all those people complaining about how the internet has destroyed our attention span were right after all
for me 'wanting' is like a sort of compulsion, like i slowly just find myself doing things i don't particularly enjoy because even though the fun reward is small it's fast and takes barely any effort
but the effortful stuff requires me to actually work for my fun
want/don't enjoy:
some addictive video games
reading bad webfiction
scrolling through twitter
engaging in culture war
don't want/enjoy:
cleaning
cooking (for myself, i find it easy to cook for a group)
reading difficult/serious things
prepping for d&d
now i'm thinking about the difference between wanting to do something and enjoying doing something
please give me examples of things you either enjoy doing but don't want to do or things you want to do but don't enjoy doing
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RT @imhinesmi
me immediately before cleaning the dishes: "god i hate cleaning the dishes so much ugh"
me while cleaning the dishes: "yeah this is fine, nothing really objectionable about this activity, kinda fun…
https://twitter.com/imhinesmi/status/1379101978329026560
👀
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RT @PrinceVogel
Lots of people suffering from allergies and pollen right now. We should compile a thread of tips and tricks for dealing with the seasonal stuff - I'll start.
I've heard that eating local honey can help.
https://twitter.com/PrinceVogel/status/1377421008395763712
this includes the ones you hold most sacred
this includes the ones that protect those who you care about
this includes the ones that keep society functioning
USPOL
@urusan i trust this child with our nuclear safety
@srs not banning makes you look like you support fascists, decreasing attractiveness
plausibly it also gets feds breathing down your back
It’s funny how Y2K is remembered as an overblown hoax and not as “for fucking once we saw a problem coming in advance, actually dedicated sufficient time and resources to solving it, and a crisis was averted before it happened.” Makes me wonder how people would think of Covid if we had handled it well.
re: #politics