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2020 has been the year I finally got through things that I’ve procrastinated on for lengthy periods (like: years). What worked? - acknowledge why it’s hard - focus on why it’s important - create time to do itOn twitter.com
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Acknowledge why it’s hard. Take away the judgement and forgive myself. For me a lot of it was: I struggle with bureaucracy as get very stressed by it, sometimes something big (buying a house, navigating healthcare) sucked up all my energy for it, and other things get behind.Permalink On twitter.com
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Focus on why it’s important. Any bureaucratic task is usually a little bit meaningless, but if it’s totally meaningless why do it. Instead of focusing on the task, I focus on the bigger goal, so it’s not “navigate X” but rather “rationalize my finances” or whatever.Permalink On twitter.com
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Create time to do it. Okay things are “small” but if require disproportionate energy it makes sense to treat them as large. E.g. book a day off work to catch up on insurance claims. If you haven’t done something for 6 months you probably won’t bang it out at 8am one morning.Permalink On twitter.com
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Finally and most important: breaking things up into little manageable pieces and marking off progress. Often these things lag because they depend on other people and require waiting. Making everything explicit helped a lot. More on that: cate.blog/2020/07/22/how-i-offloaded-my-anxiety-to-trello/Permalink On twitter.com
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Both lockdowns I’ve used to make progress on life debt, taking approach that this time is going to suck so I may as well focus on dealing with things so I don’t have to once I can have fun again. It’s been a grind, but life debt is a grind.Permalink On twitter.com
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But overall I feel free-er! And lighter! Maybe basic humaning and life admin shouldn’t be such a challenge but it is for me so I am allowing myself a sense of accomplishment 😆 but everything feels less overwhelming and decisions are easier now I’m on top of things 💖Permalink On twitter.com
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Anyway sharing this in case it’s useful for anyone else overwhelmed by life debt. DMs always open if you want to chat.Permalink On twitter.com