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[-] calabast@lemm.ee 16 points 2 years 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 2 years ago

Heard this as well

[-] yogthos@lemmy.ml -5 points 2 years ago

lol sounds about right

[-] DieguiTux8623@feddit.it 10 points 2 years ago

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

[-] xmunk@sh.itjust.works 7 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

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

[-] redcalcium@lemmy.institute 2 points 2 years 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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