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Kind of like habit stacking—helps with motivation to get things done. For example, today I had to go to the post office. I told myself I’d visit a nearby cafe afterward, get lunch and a bevvie, and noodle on my phone. And I actually looked forward to this usually dreadful errand!
May 14, 2024
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😃Whenever I feel screen-bad and I know I want to do something else I do like a buffer activity to give myself time to decide what the ultimate goal is. Its helpful for me if it’s something that involves water so my phone can’t come with me and I’m really resetting my day, like doing the dishes or taking a shower. Things I like to do once I’ve amped up to it:
-Tinker, found some free frames on the street and spent the afternoon painting and fixing them with whatever I had around.
-Fancy errands like going to specialty shops (bakery, butcher, wine shop) then dinner becomes the project with whatever you’ve scrounged.
-Be a member of something, it will guilt you into going (pool, museum, local movie theater)
-just do one thing, there’s so much multi tasking asked of us and our attention, just doing one thing feels great sometimes (just eating, just drinking a hot bev, just listening to an album all the way through, just doing the dishes- I think I love doing the dishes?)
I 100% feel where you’re coming from and often struggle in the same way!
Jun 20, 2025
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✒️I use a habit stacking app, Routinery, where I can break down a habit into as many small pieces and put a time stamp on them, but you don’t have to— writing out the whole process for a task really helps me. So if I’m making lunch, the steps are: get ingredients out of fridge, slice bread, get a plate, assemble lunch, get a glass of water (include this in every task, it good for you), sit at the table, eat, take plate to dishwasher, close/clean ingredients and put away in fridge, wipe down counter.
This way, if I get exhausted halfway through, I know how many steps are left to do, and if they’re small, it’s easier to see that I’m almost finished.
Feb 13, 2024
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🎸It can be hard for me to do the activities that I actually want to do. I have been learning to play the guitar. In order to accomplish practicing everyday, I have been doing scales after all my meals when I can. This has become automatic that it feels weird when I can't practice, like if I am in the office.
I have also been trying to stretch more, so I have a specific TV show that I put on whenever I do yoga. It isn't perfect but it gets the work done. I guess I am a little addicted to multitasking in a way.
If anyone else has any other versions of this, please share!
May 18, 2025
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