Posted by dj on October 24, 1999, at 13:47:12
In reply to double impulse posting..., posted by Janice on October 24, 1999, at 13:33:38
It's organizing & motivating myself both on & off the computer that is the challenge, J. Setting priorities, following up on them, etc...instead of procrascinting, obsessing, avoiding, denying or fight, flight, freeze & facade. A stimulant might just make the mental swirl increase in intensity, as the challenge is more focus, follow-up, consistency, etc.....
Your timer idea is a good one if you have a baseline to work with but if your place is a total **ing disarray, it's hard to say where to start, where to focus, & not get distracted, derailed or just paralyzed...
ADD vs depression, perhaps they are futile distinctions and one just feeds the other -- from what I gather ADD is more a mental & motivational mania vs the mental and motivation slump which characterize depression. And if one does not succed in the former ie. the wheels spin & nothing gets done but theorizing then that could lead to the latter, perhaps....he writes as he prepares to leave his semi-organized, semi-chaotic apt. so as to attempt to focus on tech. reading in other venues after having pissed away the morning, babbling and avoiding...
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