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Had the same problem. My secret, don’t write it down, keep the list in your mind.
by uptownfunk 3y ago
Had the same problem. My secret, don’t write it down, keep the list in your mind.
- Buttons840 3y agoCareful with this. Sometimes we think the risk of keeping something in our mind is that we might forget that thing. The greater risk is that there are other things that we never put into our mind because of the thing we're already keeping in our mind. You want to remember a list of Pokemon. You memorize the list of Pokemon. You think the risk is that you will forget the list of Pokemon, but with effort you remember the list of Pokemon, risk averted, nothing lost. Except, the real loss was that you never learned a list of MTG cards, because you were too busy holding onto that list of Pokemon, and also you forgot your wife's birthday. (Silly examples, but true principle.)
- uptownfunk 3y agoFair, there’s just a weird dopamine release that happens once I write it down that makes me not want to do it anymore. But if I keep it in my brain there is a tension to get it out by finishing the task. So it’s like a mental discipline but I totally get your point.