Preparation Activities Are Not Equivalent to Actual Work Completion
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downboots
Has the shape of a bagel but none of the steam.
Summary
The article emphasizes that preparation and planning activities are not equivalent to actually doing the work. It lists various common procrastination behaviors like scheduling, making to-do lists, telling others about plans, messaging friends, and posting on social media, all while stressing that none of these constitute actually completing the task.
Key quotes
· 5 pulledPreparing to do the thing isn't doing the thing.
Scheduling time to do the thing isn't doing the thing.
Making a to-do list for the thing isn't doing the thing.
Telling people you're going to do the thing isn't doing the thing.
Writing a banger tweet about how you're going to do the thing isn't doing the thing.
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