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#47878

I want to stay awake for a day, but ultimately I’m too scared to do things that are harmful in nature, even if I know it probably wouldn’t be that bad

#47879

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#47880

makes a list of things to do

actually does the things on the list

???

this is really weird

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#47881

it turns out that apparently it’s possible to do things without dropping into hyperfocus???

#47882

Congratulations, you officially have more willpower than I ever will :^)

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#47883

so like I don’t know how to explain this but it doesn’t … feel like willpower is the mental resource I’m consuming? which is also weird?

#47884

that probably makes zero sense

#47885

let’s look through the possible emotions that could be causing it

#47886

are you jealous of your own success at doing stuff

#47887

depends on what the work is
for most things it’s just a ‘okay I’m going to do this’ and then it happens

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#47888

hyperfocus just happens occasionally
I think it’s tied in with stress

#47889

I realize that to normal people this probably sounds like ‘today I managed to walk across the room! weird!’ but, like, as far back as I can remember I basically haven’t been able to … do things … without either hyperfocusing on One Thing for a While (and losing my ability to get the thing done if that’s interrupted for any reason) (I’m explaining this badly too! but like, the thing I’m describing there is not Just Focusing On Things) or ineffectually dragging my brain across metaphorical rocks (and still not usually doing a particularly good job of getting it to do the thing)

and

it turns out that there’s a secret third way to do things?

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#47890

What type of things are we talking about

#47891

isn’t hyperfocus just a brute force way of solving problems

#47892

hyper focus afaik just happens

#47893

I – wish that I had magically sprouted this ability earlier, because it seems useful?

#47894

I know it just happens
but I’m trying to figure out distinguishing factors between hyperfocus doing something and just normal doing something

#47895

Alright here’s a easy tip

If you suddenly stop in the middle of what you are doing and ask yourself “should I take a break” you aren’t in hyper focus

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#47896

also, like, I can’t be like ‘I’m going to go hyperfocus on the thing’ and expect it to actually work

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#47897

If you know you are hyper focused you aren’t hyper focused :’)

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