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> The particular nature of our aversion depends on the given task or situation. It may be due to something inherently unpleasant about the task itself...but it
by cableshaft 8y ago
> The particular nature of our aversion depends on the given task or situation. It may be due to something inherently unpleasant about the task itself...but it might also result from deeper feelings related to the task, such as self-doubt, low self-esteem, anxiety or insecurity.
That may be what I'm doing with something right now. I have a couple of publishers interested in something I've designed, but I need to update a couple of things first before I submit it, and I keep putting it off, saying I'm too tired, not in the right mindset, I have too much other things going on. Might be because I'm worried they're going to reject me, though, and as long as I haven't submitted it yet they can't reject me.
I do have a lot going on though and it does seem like it's getting in the way. Work is being stupidly demanding of my time, and I had a job interview pop up last week that superceded all other tasks, and I was out of town for half the weekend and needed to pull my weight around the house and bring it back from the sty it got into from the past week of preparing for the interview the other day.
- jules 8y agoWhat helps me in those situations is to make a list of arguments for and against doing it now. This seems silly, but view it as communication between your subconscious and your rational self. Your subconscious self feels that its obviously not a good idea to do it now, and your rational self feels that it obviously is a good idea. The arguments against doing it now are actually the most important part. Try to articulate why your subconscious feels that way, even if those arguments are silly. Recognising that they are silly is the point.