Re:Process as a Proxy for Motivation
by Aramgutang on Thursday August 13, 2026 @03:20AM
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Wow, thanks, I'm cured.
Before giving out asinine advice like "just relax and let the life go its way", you may want to consider if doing that was an option, the person would have done it already. It's the equivalent of telling a depressed person to "cheer up".
If you don't struggle with executive dysfunction, that's fantastic. But you're also not the intended audience for this article. Avoiding losing hours of one's day to decision paralysis isn't the same as trying to min-max or overoptimise.
Re:Process as a Proxy for Motivation
by LateCheckOut on Thursday August 13, 2026 @06:46AM
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But why, I always enjoyed having a choice. I also drove for a long time with several roads to choose, and I liked that each time I could like "naah, the sunset must be better on that road tonight, let's check it out" or "hopefully there's some fog going down the slopes today on another road". It's not labour, it was fun to play, kept out of boredom. Sometimes I even took roads that took longer just to have something new.
I believe you dread choices only when you try to min-max your life, overoptimizing every single choice. Just relax and let the life go its way.