it's not about the note taking app

it's about your *relationship* with the note taking app
this is a joke but it's also true
a todo list is a terrible boss! that's not a good relationship between you and your app
if you're going to forget that you wanted to do that thing later, do you *really* want to do that thing later?

(sometimes probly yes, like "pay that bill," but for many things you'll either just think of them again later because you actually want to do them, or not & it's fine)

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21 Sep
intro to "bouncy numbers"! 🧵

(I have been wanting to explain this for a while, and I don't think my current explaining approach is perfect, but it's good to start with something!)

there's a punchline, but I'm gonna start by introducing "bouncy numbers" as their own thing

1/
a regular number sits on the number line and it sits still.

for example, here is the number 1.

(see, no bouncing!)
a "bouncy" number moves as if it were attached to an (ideal) spring.

here's a "bouncy" 1.

notice how it starts on the number line at 1, then swing over through 0 and eventually to -1, then swings back and starts over.
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13 Dec 20
the optimal amount of self-coercion is zero 😊

but what if you have something you "really need to do"?

there might be a way forward that doesn't involve "forcing" or "tricking" or "willpower" or "self-incentives"

here are some (non-coercive) ideas to get un-stuck:
1/

surrender & see

just REALLY committing to "I won't do it unless I wholeheartedly want to"

this doesn't always work, but often for me (more often than I thought!) the resistance immediately disappears after this promise

if it doesn't work immediately, try some more things:
2/

imagine yourself doing the thing in detail, to convince your gut it is indeed possible!

(sometimes gut thinks something is impossible when it actually is possible. but other times gut is RIGHT, so try to *convince* it like this, instead of *coercing* it)
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