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    3 days ago

    or even I have to do something I’d rather not

    What works for me for this: A soundtrack. Back in the day, I used to bike every weekend. I hated exercise but realized I had to do it. I started collecting fast, powerful tracks, found what made me focus rather than go into daydreaming. I slowly over the weeks, months and years, kept at the same soundtrack. Now, when there’s busy work, or shit work, or pain i need to endure, i throw an earbud in and i’m back on the long ass boring trail, just focusing on whatever bullshit i need to do.

    Doesn’t work well if I need to do something creative, but cleaning and grass cutting, it’s like a switch to turn off my “god i ate this” switch.