• BertramDitore@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Cleaning my immediate workspace so it’s tidy and minimal used to help me get out of an unproductive funk, but I became kinda obsessed with keeping it that way, so now there’s nothing left to tidy up…

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      1 year ago

      Why limit yourself to your immediate workspace? I think I have a rather productive opportunity for you…

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      1 year ago

      I find it helpful to categorize all avoidant behaviors in the same bin.

      Like over the years I’ve been addicted to weed, video games, reddit, etc.

      When I’d stop one addiction, another would begin. Eventually I realized I had an addiction problem. The way to fix that was to go to a men’s group and face some demons and clear up old trauma.

      It freed me up so I don’t feel as motivated to avoid awareness. With the basic demand for escape reduced, I stopped cycling one addiction after another.