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Re:How to do things if you're not that smart and don't have ... by hasbot on Tuesday January 30, 2024 @08:50AM (#39190067)
Doing taxes and bills are not what I consider high reward more like moderate penalty. And, no, I don't pay my bills: everything is auto-pay.
Re:How to do things if you're not that smart and don't have ... by Jensson on Tuesday January 30, 2024 @09:00AM (#39190181)
> Doing taxes and bills are not what I consider high reward more like moderate penalty

Try not paying bills or filing your taxes and you will see what happens, doing the task prevents you from getting a severe punishment (relative time spent on the task), so it is high reward. People with ADHD tend to be late paying bills or doing taxes and struggle with filling in forms in general, ie they regularly fail to do simple high reward tasks.

Re:How to do things if you're not that smart and don't have ... by hasbot on Tuesday January 30, 2024 @09:18AM (#39190357)
How sad would it be if most or all of my "high reward" tasks are anti-"severe punishment?"
Re:How to do things if you're not that smart and don't have ... by hirvi74 on Tuesday January 30, 2024 @03:40PM (#39195471)
Are you implying that there is some other way to live? Because if so, then please help me find it lol.
Re:How to do things if you're not that smart and don't have ... by hasbot on Tuesday January 30, 2024 @05:56PM (#39197119)
I hope there is some other way but clearly I don't know it.
Re:How to do things if you're not that smart and don't have ... by corobo on Tuesday January 30, 2024 @09:28AM (#39190469)
Me browsing HN instead of filling out an invoice so I can get paid so I can pay my tax bill before the end of tomorrow haha. Fiine, I'll get back to it after this comment..

> You’ll pay a late filing penalty of £100 if your tax return is up to 3 months late

As ADHD taxes go this one's pretty chill. It's a decent chunk of change sure but compared to the rest of my finances (legacy pre-diagnosis debts I'm still grinding down).. it's on the low end lmao

Re:How to do things if you're not that smart and don't have ... by corobo on Tuesday January 30, 2024 @02:33PM (#39194570)
Got it done in time. Cheers for the motivation, HN! :)