You are above average (10 is average). People like you, you are strong, and wise.

Good morning! Happy nostering.

Good morning!

That's true.

GM!

True facts. And learning about dopamine, how it works and what kinds of activities deplete it helps immensely in doing that.

Good medicine.

Unfortunately, every day is bullshit day.

There arebonly so many hours in a day and days in a lifetime. One has to priotitize.

Damn! AI art is so... Shiny! People talk shit at it, but you can't get more eyecandy than that.

I hope so. Calling yourself "Open AI" and then going closed source is some bullshit.

Hello. Welcome!

I always fall for some shit every year.. 😒

Silence

Ok, thanks. I try, but my posts arent getting traction. Very disheartening when you spend your time writing stuff, post it and then no one gives a shit.

What does the number mean, tho? Is 18 low or high?

What was the slip? I don't think "great satan" was it, becauae I think sje meant how hostile countries view us.

# Productivity hack: No Prerequisites

Do you have ADHD, executive disfunction, or a chronic procrastination problem? Yeah, me too. Recently, though, I figured out a hack that helps me get shit done and not feel overwhelmed by the upcoming task(s).

Here's the hack: when you write down a task on your to-do list: make sure that it has NO prerequisites. Sometimes it's more challenging than one would think to detect if a task has prerequisites, so here's something to look for: whenever you think of the task, if a thought comes up in your brain that says something like: "I first need to", or "I can't until".

For example, let's say you need to catch up on your bookkeeping. When you think about bookkeeping, if your brain says "I need to print out bank statements first", that's a prerequisite. And the natural (and wrong) thing to do is just tell yourself "Well, I'll just consider printing bank statements as part of me doing bookkeeping". But that's a problem, because that's how your subconscious starts feeling overwhelmed by the task because it has just grown in complexity (you've added a step to it: printing out bank statements).

In general, the more steps you have to hold in your brain at once when thinking of a task, the more overwhelming it feels to your subconscious. And the more overwhelmed your brain feels, the more it does't want to do the task, so you start putting it off and procrastinating.

The well-known productivity advice is "Break it up into smaller steps", it's very true, but not specific enough. Because how do you define "size"? The natural thing is to assume that size of a task is equivalent to how long it'll take to do. But that's not really true. What matters is not the length of time but complexity. The more steps you have to hold in your working memory at once, the "scarier" the task feels.

This is especially true for us ADHD folks, because our working memory[^definition] is extra bad [^source]. How do you decrease the complexity of a task? Break it up into steps. It doesn't matter how long a step will take, as long as it's one single solid step with no significant sub-steps. Going with our bookkeeping example: actually entering your bank transactions into your bookkeeping software might take hours or days, but it's a simple, single step, so your brain won't freak out as much.

Basically, what you're doing is breaking one task into many tasks. Keep doing it until each task is super simple. And WRITE THINGS DOWN!!! If you don't write the steps down, you have to keep them all in your working memory, and that's how you get overwhelmed and start procrastinating.

#productivity #ADHD #procrastination

Web version: https://terrestrialorigin.com/productivity-hack-no-prerequisites/

[^definition]: [Working Memory Definition](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Working_memory)

[^source]: [Psychology Today](https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/on-your-way-with-adhd/202402/understanding-adhd-working-memory-challenges)

Yeah, but I don't think that completely solves the problem. The main problem isn't "can a creator accept crypto paymemts", it's "can we make the payer's experience tome with no friction like it is on nostr" Basically it needs to be a one or two click thing. Not "go to your desktop, find the link to your crypto wallet, open it, etc"

Ithink this can be accomplished with a combo of a wordpress plugin for the payee/creator and the accompanying browser plugin for the payee. You know how you can set your wallet info in a nostr client to zap with? Same thing in the browser. The wordpress plugin would put the zap button on every bpog post. You click/tap it, the browser plugin sends the payment.

Yes, and it's not just following lists. In today' era of cancel culture, it is also a liability for people to know whose posts one likes and zaps.

People are starting to get canceled solely based on whom they follow and which post they clicked like. Yes, some people do take their time (most valuable resource which they are granted a fixed, limited amount both in a day and their life in total) to sit there and dig through an influencer's extensive following list just to see if they have an excuse to cancel them if they see a person on there they don't like.

Things like following people just to see their shenanigans or "know your enemy" principle never cross their mind. "If you follow someone, you MUST support them, and how dare you support someone I don't like!"

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