I once built a rudimentary Cookie Clicker type interface sitting on top of my To Do list. The idea was that only by accomplishing my tasks could I progress thro

I once built a rudimentary Cookie Clicker type interface sitting on top of my To Do list. The idea was that only by accomplishing my tasks could I progress through the arbitrary hamster wheel of levels that I had set up for myself. It didn’t work, and it seemed like the reason why it didn’t work was a lesson worth the ~2 hours I wasted on it: doing your tasks isn’t fun.