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[-] calabast@lemm.ee 16 points 1 year ago

Wasn't there a study that found if you tell people you're working on something, you get the same brain reward chemicals as if you actually did it and told everyone? So if you tell people before you're done, you might just go "meh, I'm good, the rest sounds hard". Or something like that.

[-] sixty@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 year ago

Heard this as well

[-] yogthos@lemmy.ml -5 points 1 year ago

lol sounds about right

[-] DieguiTux8623@feddit.it 10 points 1 year ago

Oh no I've been discovered! This is not a safe place any more...

[-] xmunk@sh.itjust.works 7 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Hey, stop stealing our ADHD memes! There's clearly not a very very noticeable overlap between our communities.

[-] redcalcium@lemmy.institute 2 points 1 year ago

When you tell anyone about your personal projects, you'll lose ~90% of the motivation to finish the project.

this post was submitted on 21 Nov 2023
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