r u not experienced enough at interacting with other people? like mb the audience of possible readers is scary, the other posters who've written stuff are scary, or i'm scary.
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r u not experienced enuf at scheduling?
i am not experienced at scheduling. time tracking is the main thing i have been scheduling i guess
r u doing other stuff instead that u like more?
this one feels harder to answer.
r u not experienced enough at interacting with other people? like mb the audience of possible readers is scary, the other posters who've written stuff are scary, or i'm scary.
i dont think that is the problem. i dont think they are scary.
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is it cuz ur not experienced enuf at writing?
i think u missed this one
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is it cuz ur not experienced enuf at writing?
oh maybe. could this be the reason i dont post much in general?
ive been trying to write ez messages, and i think writing ez messages is helpful.
ez messages seems especially good for ppl who are bad/not experienced at writing, so maybe thats why i like them.
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is it cuz ur not experienced enuf at writing?
originally i doubted this would be a reason, but then i thought about it and it seemed like it might be a reason i dont post much.
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you could brainstorm some other things you could write besides ez posts, for more practice.
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hmm i posted this on march 15th and i still havnt posted much.
i sometimes do bursts of posting every few days but then i stop
the most success ive had on basecamp with consistently doing something was when i tried to do time tracking everyday on a schedule.
i dont think doing more bursts of effort will work out, i think i need to build up to doing that much effort or else it will be forced.
i need to focus on consistently posting, even if its just once per day.
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im reluctant to commit to a larger plan (like a week long plan), so im gonna commit to a smaller plan.
my current idea for a plan/schedule/goal is: do 1 small project today AND tomorrow
this seems like an easy enough goal to complete, its multi day (which i want for consistency) and its low commitment.
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i agree there are downsides to bursts. doing stuff consistently is not always necessary but it's important to have the ability to do it.
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there are a lot of times where i kind of have the idea like: "Oh i could do this thing", but it is much rarer for me to say "Ok i am actually going to do this thing" and then start committing to it and trying to complete it.
i dont say when im not going to do a thing either. so i have ideas of what to do, but then i dont actively decide whether to do them or not.
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What’s your opinion of that?
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What’s your opinion of that?
bad.
being like that means: i do what ever my automatic responses are. what ever i do by default is going to be the thing that is done IF i dont make a decision about what to do.
if i dont make a decision about what to do then i will just do the automatic/default things.
that doesnt feel to bad to me, but it seems like it might be really really bad.
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have you seen how doing default stuff has worked out badly for people? familiar with examples?
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have you seen how doing default stuff has worked out badly for people? familiar with examples?
ok i might be to tired atm to think of examples cuz i cant even think about how peter keating did default stuff.
i should make an effort to do base camp earlier. this is like really late to be doing basecamp
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Doing default stuff turned out badly for me.
Sometimes I write something I want post then stop before posting and never get to making a post.
Sometimes I get the drive to make a bunch of trees or bullet points for project steps, but my default changes quickly to not doing the task. That happens when I think about actually doing the task.
It all sucks cuz I want to get better, but I sabotage myself without thinking.
When I think about not doing stuff by default, I think that I have to force myself to do something im unsure about. That's not rational
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how about you set an alarm to go off every 30min when you're at home, and when it goes off you think about what you're doing and what you want to be doing instead of just doing defaults by habit.
for some people, it works better to tie it to events. like every time you have a meal or use the bathroom, that triggers you to think about what you're doing, what your goals are, what you want to be doing in the next few hours, etc., instead of just doing defaults.
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Ok I like that. Im going to try it for today for doing stuff on basecamp
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how about you set an alarm to go off every 30min when you're at home, and when it goes off you think about what you're doing and what you want to be doing instead of just doing defaults by habit.
I like this idea better than writing down everything I do all day. I'm not sure if the purpose of these two plans is same. Writing down what I do all day I find to be very judgemental which I don't think I will be able to handle.
r u doing other stuff instead that u like more?
r u not experienced enough at interacting with other people? like mb the audience of possible readers is scary, the other posters who've written stuff are scary, or i'm scary.
i am not experienced at scheduling. time tracking is the main thing i have been scheduling i guess
this one feels harder to answer.
i dont think that is the problem. i dont think they are scary.
i think u missed this one
oh maybe. could this be the reason i dont post much in general?
ive been trying to write ez messages, and i think writing ez messages is helpful.
ez messages seems especially good for ppl who are bad/not experienced at writing, so maybe thats why i like them.
originally i doubted this would be a reason, but then i thought about it and it seemed like it might be a reason i dont post much.
i sometimes do bursts of posting every few days but then i stop
the most success ive had on basecamp with consistently doing something was when i tried to do time tracking everyday on a schedule.
i dont think doing more bursts of effort will work out, i think i need to build up to doing that much effort or else it will be forced.
i need to focus on consistently posting, even if its just once per day.
my current idea for a plan/schedule/goal is: do 1 small project today AND tomorrow
this seems like an easy enough goal to complete, its multi day (which i want for consistency) and its low commitment.
i dont say when im not going to do a thing either. so i have ideas of what to do, but then i dont actively decide whether to do them or not.
bad.
being like that means: i do what ever my automatic responses are. what ever i do by default is going to be the thing that is done IF i dont make a decision about what to do.
if i dont make a decision about what to do then i will just do the automatic/default things.
that doesnt feel to bad to me, but it seems like it might be really really bad.
ok i might be to tired atm to think of examples cuz i cant even think about how peter keating did default stuff.
i should make an effort to do base camp earlier. this is like really late to be doing basecamp
Sometimes I write something I want post then stop before posting and never get to making a post.
Sometimes I get the drive to make a bunch of trees or bullet points for project steps, but my default changes quickly to not doing the task. That happens when I think about actually doing the task.
It all sucks cuz I want to get better, but I sabotage myself without thinking.
When I think about not doing stuff by default, I think that I have to force myself to do something im unsure about. That's not rational
for some people, it works better to tie it to events. like every time you have a meal or use the bathroom, that triggers you to think about what you're doing, what your goals are, what you want to be doing in the next few hours, etc., instead of just doing defaults.
I like this idea better than writing down everything I do all day. I'm not sure if the purpose of these two plans is same. Writing down what I do all day I find to be very judgemental which I don't think I will be able to handle.