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I can relate to this a lot. The one silver lining of the shameful, interminable hell that is procrastination is the random skills that come out of it. I was s
by derekdahmer 5y ago
I can relate to this a lot. The one silver lining of the shameful, interminable hell that is procrastination is the random skills that come out of it.
I was so dysfunctional at my last job during covid-induced WFH I found time to completely redo my backyard, which included tasks like "research sod options, schedule a delivery, learn how to install it and lay it before it dies" which if someone officially assigned me to do I never would have been able to get myself to complete.
- jacquesm 5y agoThat hits way too close to comfort.
- dceddia 5y agoThis feels very relatable to me. Looking back, I'm pretty sure a few large projects spawned out of procrastinating on some other project I was supposed to be doing. One was installing a tile floor in the kitchen, including lots of research, sistering joists, ripping up the old floor, etc etc. And replacing the kitchen range, which required a range hood, which required some cabinet mods. Lots of interesting new DIY skills learned in that project. And then last year, building a video editor, instead of recording some videos for a course.
- jacquesm 5y agoYou take it to the next level :) Arguably, pianojacq.com was built so that I could put off practicing piano.