✍🏾 summary
Act on good impulses when you feel them without overthinking. Don't tell yourself you need to do something else first, or chastise yourself for thoughts that go against that instinct, just act when you feel it. If you include the time you spend thinking about a task and the time you spend stressing about it in the time it takes to get it done, you'll see just how much time is wasted. Just do the thing!
🔎 how i discovered it
i think i was recommended this via an issue of Recommendo? not sure
👀 who should read it?
everyone who gets stressed when they're frozen (executive dysfunction)
✨ how it changed me
gave me some motivation to move forward no matter what
💬 favorite quotes
The point isn't to try to be more generous than you currently are. It's to notice the moments when you naturally and effortlessly already do feel that way, then not to screw it up with overthinking.
On the contrary, when I overthink it, I set the bar too high: I tell myself a message to a friend deserves real focus, so I'd better get all my other tasks out of the way first.
📋references
Source: https://www.oliverburkeman.com/justdo
Status: #published
Tags: agency, productivity