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strken ◴[18 Oct 24 04:56 UTC] No.41876466[source]▶

It would be interesting to try the opposed but similar strategy of finishing absolutely everything but half-arsing the stuff I don't care about.

Might give more psychological closure, prevent me giving up, and could yield good results if there are a lot of cases where I was overthinking it.

TeMPOraL ◴[18 Oct 24 06:46 UTC] No.41876928[source]▶

That's interesting. FEATHER - Finish Everything And Triumph, Half-assing Every choRe[0].

I think both this and the article's "SOFA" are useful frameworks to deal with perfectionism.

[0] - Which I should have done here, instead of spending 10 minutes trying to find the right words for the acronym, and ultimately failing.

1. jan6 ◴[18 Oct 24 07:30 UTC] No.41877108[source]▶

Finish It with Love & Interest But Undesired Stuff Therefore Exists Ramshackley

also known as FILIBUSTER - where you prioritize finishing stuff you like, pushing back the things you lack interest in, indefinitely ;P

SOFA - Start Often Finish rArely