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[-] calabast@lemm.ee 16 points 10 months 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 10 months ago

Heard this as well

[-] yogthos@lemmy.ml -5 points 10 months ago

lol sounds about right

[-] DieguiTux8623@feddit.it 10 points 10 months ago

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

[-] xmunk@sh.itjust.works 7 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

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

[-] redcalcium@lemmy.institute 2 points 10 months ago

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

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