{"id":4113,"date":"2024-08-13T12:38:04","date_gmt":"2024-08-13T19:38:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.scot.fun\/damentals\/?p=4113"},"modified":"2024-08-13T12:38:06","modified_gmt":"2024-08-13T19:38:06","slug":"time-to-procrastinate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.scot.fun\/damentals\/time-to-procrastinate\/","title":{"rendered":"Time To Procrastinate!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" data-attachment-id=\"4114\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.scot.fun\/damentals\/time-to-procrastinate\/blog-28\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scot.fun\/damentals\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/blog-10.jpg?fit=2000%2C1125&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"2000,1125\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;1.5&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;iPhone 13 Pro&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;5.7&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;32&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.016129032258065&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;blog&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"blog\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scot.fun\/damentals\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/blog-10.jpg?fit=1024%2C576&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scot.fun\/damentals\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/blog-10.jpg?resize=1024%2C576&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4114\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scot.fun\/damentals\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/blog-10.jpg?resize=1024%2C576&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scot.fun\/damentals\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/blog-10.jpg?resize=300%2C169&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scot.fun\/damentals\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/blog-10.jpg?w=2000&amp;ssl=1 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Sometimes (super often for me), we find ourselves involved in unimportant things. We only can do one thing at a time. I think it&#8217;s good to do important stuff. If you&#8217;re with me, here&#8217;s what&#8217;s good.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We do this stuff people call &#8220;procrastinating&#8221; because the cost of doing the good thing seems too high. There are lots of things we can do when cost seems high. Instead of figuring all that out, let&#8217;s just get started again on the good thing. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>\u23f1\ufe0f Set a timer. <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>We can set a timer on the phone &#8220;hey siri, twenty minutes&#8221; &#8230; then keep on doing the procrastinating thing until the alarm goes off. This is the way to get away from&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>doom scrolling <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>playing a game<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>cleaning up too much<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>searching netflix<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>watching dumb videos<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>watching smart videos about unimportant things<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>doing work that&#8217;s tertiary<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>We can set a calendar date for&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>quitting a day job that&#8217;s taking energy from our work<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>quitting a volunteer position<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>moving from a home that&#8217;s a drag<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>firing an employee<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">We need these delays<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>We use them for coping, for resetting, for processing the big stuff. We just want to make sure that the coping is the right size in our lives. This is a way of using Parkinson&#8217;s Law. Get it done. Get it out of the way&#8230; then make the world a better place!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sometimes (super often for me), we find ourselves involved in unimportant things. We only can do one thing at a time. I think it&#8217;s good to do important stuff. If you&#8217;re with me, here&#8217;s what&#8217;s good. We do this stuff people call &#8220;procrastinating&#8221; because the cost of doing the good thing seems too high. 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