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Stamets lemmy.dbzer0.com Stamets@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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bizarroland lemmy.world bizarroland@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-06-08
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Why is that so hard sometimes?

Like, all I want to do is install the bookshelf that I bought so that I can bring all of my books from downstairs to upstairs and show them off. And I've been fucking stuck on that for three and a half weeks now.

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w3dd1e lemmy.zip W3dd1e@lemmy.zip
Joined: 2025-06-05
#3 · Quote Reply

Starting is easy. Finishing hard.

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Doc_Crankenstein slrpnk.net Doc_Crankenstein@slrpnk.net
Joined: 2025-01-08
#4 · Quote Reply

Starting is easy. Finishing hard.

Starting is easy? News to me.

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virku lemmy.world virku@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-06-21
#5 · Quote Reply

Starting is easy. Finishing hard.

I like the research phase. I also like the middle part of the doing phase. Starting and finishing is hard.

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FartMaster69 lemmy.dbzer0.com FartMaster69@lemmy.dbzer0.com
Joined: 2024-12-06
#6 · Quote Reply

Starting is easy. Finishing hard.

But what if I finish before I start

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FreddiesLantern leminal.space FreddiesLantern@leminal.space
Joined: 2025-09-19
#7 · Quote Reply

Pfff I'd download a task if I didn't forget I'm doing it halfway.

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ComradeSharkfucker lemmy.ml sharkfucker420@lemmy.ml
Joined: 2023-07-07
#8 · Quote Reply

Correct

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massive_bereavement fedia.io massive_bereavement@fedia.io
Joined: 2024-06-14
#9 · Quote Reply

Starting is easy. Finishing hard.

Name of your sex tape?

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Unpigged lemmy.dbzer0.com Unpigged@lemmy.dbzer0.com
Joined: 2023-11-14
#10 · Quote Reply

Ha, jokes on you, with elvanse starting is easy.

Where's the stop button though?

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Signtist bookwyr.me Signtist@bookwyr.me
Joined: 2025-06-27
#11 · Quote Reply

Why is that so hard sometimes? Like, all I want to do is install the bookshelf that I bought so that I can bring all of my books from downstairs to upstairs and show them off. And I've been fucking stuck on that for three and a half weeks now.

For me it's because I can't help but think of all the steps as one big wall of a step, and I get overwhelmed. What helps me is to specifically plan to do one tiny thing. Like, I'll plan to put the screwdriver next to the box with the bookshelf pieces in it. That's it, that's all I'll do.

And some days that's indeed all I do, but some days I think "well, while I'm here, I guess I'll also get some of the hardware out of the bag to make sure I don't need to grab any other tools" and then I think "well, I'd better at least install the screws I took out so the cat doesn't play with them and lose them" and then I think "well, I might as well finish off this board with the screws in it," and that continues until the whole thing is done.

If I specifically go in planning to do every step, then I can't help but think about all the work that would be all at once, but when I leave each subsequent step as something I don't even plan to do, then I usually have the motivation to just do one more step.

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billwashere lemmy.world billwashere@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-06-12
#12 · Quote Reply

Ha, jokes on you, with elvanse starting is easy. Where's the stop button though?

I got excited for a sec. I thought there was a new drug available but then I looked it up and it’s just vyvanse in Europe… dang it.

I had to stop taking vyvanse for just that reason. A little too long acting.

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billwashere lemmy.world billwashere@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-06-12
#13 · Quote Reply

I want this on a t-shirt so bad.

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Crakila lemmy.world crakila@lemmy.world
Joined: 2024-07-06
#14 · Quote Reply

I'll think about it... later on

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Zorsith lemmy.blahaj.zone Zorsith@lemmy.blahaj.zone
Joined: 2024-03-01
#15 · (edited) Quote Reply

Killing in the Name Of intensifies for some reason

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Lka1988 lemmy.dbzer0.com lka1988@lemmy.dbzer0.com
Joined: 2024-11-18
#16 · Quote Reply

Starting is easy. Finishing hard.

No, that's SSRIs.

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JoShmoe ani.social JoShmoe@ani.social
Joined: 2023-09-12
#17 · Quote Reply

Is that foresight or a meeting with management?

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