#procrastination — Public Fediverse posts
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Oh look, it's another riveting piece of academic literature desperately trying to measure the un-measurable: how much #AI is meddling with our precious words. Because nothing says "cutting-edge research" like a deep dive into the mysterious art of text editing by our robo-overlords. 🤖📚 We eagerly await the next groundbreaking paper on quantifying the extent of #procrastination in #academia. 🙄✨
https://arxiv.org/abs/2510.03154 #Research #TextEditing #RoboOverlords #HackerNews #ngated -
The Step You Keep Almost Taking
You know what the next move is. You've written it down. You've seen it across your journal entries. You keep almost making it. This isn't about fear or laziness. It's about waiting for readiness that only ever comes through the step itself. So make the step smaller.https://journalingwrite.wordpress.com/2026/04/30/the-step-you-keep-almost-taking/
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Ah, the eternal quest for relevance through emulating ancient software—because who wouldn't want to run Windows 95 on a potato in 2026? 🥔💻 #Theseus claims to stomp out #emulation issues with static translations, yet it's just another monument to #procrastination and jealousy over someone else's snazzy web-based emulator that didn't take a decade to build. 🙃
https://neugierig.org/software/blog/2026/04/theseus.html #nostalgia #ancientsoftware #Windows95 #techhumor #HackerNews #ngated -
Might be doing this a tad late but here's my #introduction
Hi I'm Chickpea (he/she/they) because I eat lots of chickpeas; was vegan for 7 years but succombed to the cheese cravings, now I'm #vegetarian
Here to post #poledance vids to record my progress and help me remember if I ever managed a specific move. My memory is 💩 because of #adhd
Other hobbies:
#Procrastination
#AerialHoop #Lyra
#AerialSilks
#Cats
Bad #Woodwork
#Bouldering
#Manhwa
Killing #plantsJe parle aussi le franglais 🇨🇦
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#Today I'm getting my act together in the studio, to produce a cover version of a favourite song for my dear love to sing to, in a couple of weeks time at a local show.
There will be no #procrastination, #impostorSyndrome, #selfDoubt or anything remotely #neurodiverse getting in the way, for I have spoken!
Please cheer this frustrated musician along a bit; so much to offer, so long held back by #executive #dysfunction
May nothing get in your way either 🫶 🧠 🎵
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Procrastination isn’t a personal failure — it’s a signal .
Progress doesn’t begin with a heroic leap.
It begins with the first small step you actually feel able to take.If you’re navigating digital overload or long-term goals, this approach might help you breathe, reset, and move with intention.
https://www.tiktok.com/@syntaxsorcerer74/video/7624259212675206422?is_from_webapp=1&sender_device=pc&web_id=7623877262983562754#procrastination
#productivity
#digitalwellbeing #smallsteps #leadership #nonmanagers #focus #momentum #mastodon -
🥱 Oh wow, yet another C allocator with more "tuning knobs" than a 90s TV set. Just what the world needed: another reason to procrastinate actual #coding by fiddling with settings. 🚀✨
https://github.com/xtellect/spaces #CAllocator #Tuning #Knobs #Procrastination #Humor #TechNews #HackerNews #ngated -
📽️ « Journée mondiale de la procrastination »
Timelapse. Franchement, j'allais faire un joli dessin et tout, et puis bon… 🥱
#dessin #oc #original #animation #illustration #sketch #art #arttimelapse #speedDrawing #procrastination -
How to Stop Self Sabotage
You know exactly what you need to do. You have known for a while. And yet you keep not doing it.
You procrastinate on the thing that matters most. You start and then stop. You get close to something good and then somehow find a way to mess it up. You make progress and then quietly undo it. You tell yourself you will start properly on Monday, or next month, or when things settle down, and they never do.
This is self-sabotage. And it is not a personality flaw. It is not laziness. It is fear wearing a very convincing disguise.
Why We Sabotage Ourselves
Self-sabotage happens when part of you wants to move forward, and another part of you is terrified of what moving forward actually means.
Maybe success would mean more responsibility, more visibility, more risk of failure at a higher level. Maybe the new version of you would not fit into the relationships and environments you have built your life around. Maybe deep down, you do not actually believe you deserve what you say you want.
None of this is conscious. You do not sit down and decide to sabotage yourself. It is quieter than that. It shows up as distraction, as busyness, as suddenly finding ten other things that need doing right before you sit down to work on the thing that matters. It shows up as the argument you pick before a big opportunity, or the impulse to drink too much the night before something important.
The behaviour looks irrational from the outside. But it makes perfect sense once you understand what it is actually protecting you from: the risk of really trying and still failing.
The Patterns to Watch For
Procrastination as protection. If you never fully commit to something, you never fully fail at it. Keeping things at the planning stage forever means you always have the option of saying you could have done it if you had really tried. That protection is costing you the actual thing you want.
Self-destructive behaviour before high-stakes moments. Notice if you tend to drink more, sleep less, pick fights, or make impulsive decisions right before something important. This is not a coincidence. It is your nervous system trying to create a built-in excuse.
Rejecting good things before they can reject you. Pulling away from relationships that are going well. Quitting jobs before you can be fired. Leaving before you can be left. This is self-sabotage disguised as independence.
Perfectionism as an excuse not to start. If it has to be perfect before you begin, you will never begin. Perfectionism is not high standards. It is fear of being judged for something imperfect, so you produce nothing instead.
How to Actually Break the Pattern
The first step is awareness. You cannot change a pattern you cannot see. Start noticing when it happens. Not to judge yourself, but to get curious. What were you about to do before the sabotage kicked in? What specifically were you afraid of?
The second step is to change the question you ask yourself. Instead of “why do I keep doing this,” which is a shame spiral, ask “what am I protecting myself from right now?” That question opens up something useful. It treats the sabotage as information rather than evidence of your worthlessness.
The third step is to take the smallest possible action in the direction you want to go. Not the whole thing. Not a perfect version of it. The smallest thing. Momentum is built by doing, not by thinking about doing. Every small action you complete tells your nervous system that moving forward is survivable.
This is not a quick fix. These patterns are usually deeply rooted and do not disappear after one insight. But they do change with consistent, honest attention over time. And they change faster when you have someone helping you see what you cannot see yourself.
Ready to stop getting in your own way? I work with men who can see the pattern but need help actually breaking it. Book a free 30-minute call and let’s get into it.
#growth #mentalHealth #motivation #negativity #personalGrowth #procrastination #selfDoubt #ZsoltZsemba -
He that resolves to mend hereafter, resolves not to mend now.
Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790) American statesman, scientist, philosopher, aphorist
Poor Richard (1745 ed.)More about this quote: wist.info/franklin-benjamin/82…
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #benfranklin #benjaminfranklin #poorrichard #poorrichardsalmanac #repentance #compensation #correction #delay #later #present #procrastination #reform #remorse #resolution
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🚦 Ah, the ol' "more cooks in the kitchen" conundrum, except now it's "more layers of review" — because everyone knows #bureaucracy is the true sport of #champions. 🏆 Apparently, assembling a human pyramid of red tape doesn't speed things up? Who knew! At least now we have an equation to validate our #procrastination. 📈
https://apenwarr.ca/log/20260316 #humanpyramid #layersofreview #redtape #HackerNews #ngated -
great misreads. this time reading "citrus trees" as "circus trees" when surfing past an internet ad.
shared silliness. when the best comedy happens at home commenting on tv shows, anticipating ridiculous situations any of us are about to be dropped into, or just a superpotato that deserves a more distinguished destiny
proactive moment. doc scanned and tossed before 'stupid sh!t' gravity set in
#procrastination #comedy #tv #dyslexia #declutter #vegetables
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great misreads. this time reading "citrus trees" as "circus trees" when surfing past an internet ad.
shared silliness. when the best comedy happens at home commenting on tv shows, anticipating ridiculous situations any of us are about to be dropped into, or just a superpotato that deserves a more distinguished destiny
proactive moment. doc scanned and tossed before 'stupid sh!t' gravity set in
#procrastination #comedy #tv #dyslexia #declutter #vegetables
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great misreads. this time reading "citrus trees" as "circus trees" when surfing past an internet ad.
shared silliness. when the best comedy happens at home commenting on tv shows, anticipating ridiculous situations any of us are about to be dropped into, or just a superpotato that deserves a more distinguished destiny
proactive moment. doc scanned and tossed before 'stupid sh!t' gravity set in
#procrastination #comedy #tv #dyslexia #declutter #vegetables
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great misreads. this time reading "citrus trees" as "circus trees" when surfing past an internet ad.
shared silliness. when the best comedy happens at home commenting on tv shows, anticipating ridiculous situations any of us are about to be dropped into, or just a superpotato that deserves a more distinguished destiny
proactive moment. doc scanned and tossed before 'stupid sh!t' gravity set in
#procrastination #comedy #tv #dyslexia #declutter #vegetables
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great misreads. this time reading "citrus trees" as "circus trees" when surfing past an internet ad.
shared silliness. when the best comedy happens at home commenting on tv shows, anticipating ridiculous situations any of us are about to be dropped into, or just a superpotato that deserves a more distinguished destiny
proactive moment. doc scanned and tossed before 'stupid sh!t' gravity set in
#procrastination #comedy #tv #dyslexia #declutter #vegetables
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Eat That Frog!, 4th Edition "21 Great Ways to Stop Procrastinating and Get More Done in Less Time" Sale: $17.99 to $3.99 by Brian Tracy Rating: 4.7/5 (14,194 Reviews) #Productivity #TimeManagement #Procrastination #SelfImprovement #Books #Business #BookSky
Eat That Frog!, 4th Edition -
One of the greatest labor-saving inventions of today is tomorrow.
-- Vincent T. Foss⬆ #Wisdom #Quotes #VincentTFoss #Procrastination #TheFuture
⬇ #Photography #Panorama #Pictographs #RockArt #NativeAmerican #Utah
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🚨 Breaking News: A new way to procrastinate and pretend to learn emerges! CNN Explainer promises to teach you convolutional neural networks in your browser—because reading real papers was too mainstream, and who needs depth when you have GIFs? 🤓💻📉
https://poloclub.github.io/cnn-explainer/ #BreakingNews #Procrastination #Learning #ConvolutionalNeuralNetworks #GIFs #HackerNews #ngated -
🚨 Breaking News: A new way to procrastinate and pretend to learn emerges! CNN Explainer promises to teach you convolutional neural networks in your browser—because reading real papers was too mainstream, and who needs depth when you have GIFs? 🤓💻📉
https://poloclub.github.io/cnn-explainer/ #BreakingNews #Procrastination #Learning #ConvolutionalNeuralNetworks #GIFs #HackerNews #ngated -
🚨 Breaking News: A new way to procrastinate and pretend to learn emerges! CNN Explainer promises to teach you convolutional neural networks in your browser—because reading real papers was too mainstream, and who needs depth when you have GIFs? 🤓💻📉
https://poloclub.github.io/cnn-explainer/ #BreakingNews #Procrastination #Learning #ConvolutionalNeuralNetworks #GIFs #HackerNews #ngated -
🚨 Breaking News: A new way to procrastinate and pretend to learn emerges! CNN Explainer promises to teach you convolutional neural networks in your browser—because reading real papers was too mainstream, and who needs depth when you have GIFs? 🤓💻📉
https://poloclub.github.io/cnn-explainer/ #BreakingNews #Procrastination #Learning #ConvolutionalNeuralNetworks #GIFs #HackerNews #ngated -
Ah, the noble quest of repurposing a dusty, old gaming PC into a "homelab," because nothing screams cutting-edge server tech like a machine once dedicated to shooting virtual enemies. 🎮🔫 Our hero bravely battles #procrastination, only to discover that buying hard drives and transferring files isn't exactly rocket science. 🚀💾
https://bryananthonio.com/blog/my-homelab-setup/ #repurposingPC #homelab #gamingtech #serverupgrade #DIYtech #HackerNews #ngated -
You never have to be bored on the #Fediverse.
When in doubt, just go to the trending hashtags and find some random stuff that's popular right now somewhere else in the #world ;)
The @trendytoots bot also has some fun things to offer for your #entertainment hehe
#screenshotSaturday #mastodon #hashtags #trending #misskey #socialmedia #tech #function #pixelfed #posts #explore #screenshot #bored #procrastination #trendytoots #bot
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🚀 Look, it's a starry-eyed developer's dream: "Astra" - the #open-source #software that's supposed to control observatories but instead controls your ability to navigate #GitHub menus. 🤦♂️ As if we needed another reason to procrastinate while pretending to be productive, now with AI-powered #tools to help us write code that nobody asked for. 🌌
https://github.com/ppp-one/astra #Astra #AI #procrastination #HackerNews #ngated -
I still am figuring out how to manage time(ahem procrastination). Certain things makes me stay awake at night when I'm so much into them, but many doesn't.
I guess the problem of my procrastination is because I'm afraid of a #project being a #failure or any type of failure/ imperfect outcome.
The self doubt is hindering my everyday life.
How are u all overcoming #procrastination or similar fail-to-action thoughts? 😭😭😭
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🐟🎶 Wow, "Babyshark" is here to show that #Wireshark needed a #cutesy terminal UI because, clearly, network analysis wasn’t fun enough without #emojis and a dance routine! 🤦♂️ GitHub's new baby toy promises to streamline your PCAP experience, ensuring every packet is *adorable* while you ponder if we really needed yet another reason to procrastinate. 📉✨
https://github.com/vignesh07/babyshark #Babyshark #terminalUI #networkanalysis #procrastination #HackerNews #ngated -
I do have a compulsion to read in out-of-the-way places, and it is often a blessing; on the other hand, it sometimes comes between me and what I tell the children is “my work.” As a matter of fact, I will read anything rather than work. And I don’t mean interesting things like the yellow section of the telephone book or the enclosures that come with the Bloomingdale bill about McKettrick classics in sizes 12 to 20, blue, brown, or navy @ 12.95 (by the way, did you know that colored facial tissue is now on sale at the unbelievably low price of 7.85 a carton? ). The truth is that, rather than put a word on paper, I will spend a whole half hour reading the label on a milk-of-magnesia bottle. “Philips’ Milk of Magnesia,” I read with the absolute absorption of someone just stumbling on Congreve, “is prepared only by the Charles H. Philips Co., division of Sterling Drug, Inc. Not to be used when abdominal pain, nausea, vomiting, or other symptoms of appendicitis are present, etc.”
Jean Kerr (1922-2003) American author and playwright [b. Bridget Jean Collins]
Essay (1957), “Introduction,” Please Don’t Eat the DaisiesMore about this quote: wist.info/kerr-jean/82273/
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #jeankerr #author #distraction #job #procrastination #reading #readingmaterial #work #writing
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#justSayYes to a bit of #recreational #optimisation as #procrastination
https://www.earth.org.uk/note-on-site-technicals-105.html#2026-02-20
This bit of code used to take a couple of minutes (at annoying times) on my laptop. Today I reduced it from 17s to 10s...
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Overwhelmed before you even begin? Viral ‘anti-start’ trick might change everything.
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Ah, the zen of virtual plants 🌿: where browser tabs become the Garden of #Procrastination, and sliders are the new fertilizer. 🎛️ Adjust the Grow/Split Prophecy to witness "cells"—or as normal people call them, pixels—attempting to mimic nature’s complexity. But remember, it's just Ivy League-level time-wasting 🍃.
https://da.nmcardle.com/grow #virtualplants #browsergames #pixelart #natureinspired #timewasting #HackerNews #ngated -
I am still not actually doing my work.
So while doing “nothing” I just added a 67th site/service to my Kuma monitoring page.
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Neuroscientists Decipher Procrastination: A Brain Mechanism Explains Why People Leave Certain Tasks for Later
