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Putting off 15 minute chores for 6 months (lemmy.ca)

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by t0fr@lemmy.ca to c/adhd@lemmy.dbzer0.com

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[-] mhmmm@feddit.de 25 points 1 year ago

This happens to me with surprising regularity... HOWEVER - I recently managed to do a chore after 9 months of procrastination, and while it did only take 15 minutes, those minutes sucked so bad that, for a change, I felt really justified in putting it off as long as I did. So it can go either way, I guess!

[-] Frittiert@feddit.de 11 points 1 year ago

Right? They always say "this will be done so fast and it won't be so bad and you will feel better afterwards" but while it may be really done fast, it just sucks so much and I hate every second of it and afterwards I may feel that I accomplished something, but I still remember how much every second sucked and probably will still keep procrastinating the next time.

[-] deadly4u@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 year ago

Now I have to know, what was it that sucked so bad?

[-] mhmmm@feddit.de 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I think it's not half as interesting as you think it might be...

I had a huge trash bag in my home office from a long ago deep clean of my flat, filled with all kinds of stuff. It was there so long it was basically furniture.

The sticking point was that because of local laws, I had to sort out the recyclable trash and dump it in the special dumpsters before getting rid of the rest. (Also, I knew that before gathering the trash all together like this, but it seemed easier at the time...)

Last week, due to external pressures, I finally managed to lug the bag to the dumpsters and do it. It only took 15 minutes, but it sucked exactly as much as I thought it would - just putting my arms in there searching for paper and recyclable plastics, not even knowing what was in there anymore... thankfully it didn't smell, but when I accidentally grabbed a very old, unsuffiently packaged positive covid home testing kit, I called it a day, dumped the rest (neighbours be damned) and went home to scrub my hands clean...

0/10, would procrastinate again. :D