Know what you’re putting off and why. (Use kanban…) (p. 22) #TaskAvoidance
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Know what you’re putting off and why. (Use kanban…) (p. 22) #TaskAvoidance
“Anyone can do any amount of work, provided it isn’t the work he is *supposed* to be doing at that moment.” — Robert Benchley (p. 15) #TaskAvoidance
Let's let the grass grow over it. — G.C. Lichtenberg, Notebook I.2 #Lichtenbergianism #LichtenbergianQuotes #TaskAvoidance
Don’t be afraid to let projects simmer. (p. 22) #TaskAvoidance
Don’t be afraid to let projects simmer. (p. 22) #TaskAvoidance
Meme showing a powerful figure labeled “Chores, Taxes, Deadlines, Family Events” being ignored while a smaller pink character labeled “My ADHD Brain” walks away casually.
Responsibilities: “We’re serious.”
My ADHD brain: “...aaaare yooou thooough?”
#ADHDBrain #ADHDHumor #Neurospicy #ExecutiveDysfunction #ADHDLife #TaskAvoidance #ADHDStruggles
This is one aspect of the Lichtenbergian Precept of #TaskAvoidance: Letting a project gestate while you do something else. Lichtenbergianism.com/task-avoidance
A page from an old joke book that says, “Few men can loaf as wisely as they can work.”
Loaf Wisely. #TaskAvoidance
Put down that sonnet and go get in the hot tub. You can thank me later. (p. 16) #TaskAvoidance
A vintage illustration of diatoms is surrounded by waves of colored dots leading to a large golden circle surrounded by bold bands of color. Between the two is a large black rectangle blocking the way.
We often do not know—once we choose a beginning—what shape our project will take. Often it is beneficial to walk away from it or set it aside to that all its ideas have time to spread and grow, to take shape. #TaskAvoidance #Lichtenbergianism #postcardquotes
It is a mistake to think that “creativity” is somehow limited to the actual actions involved in *finishing* a work. (p. 15) #TaskAvoidance
As we say in #Lichtenbergianism, Cras melior est — Tomorrow is better. :) #TaskAvoidance
A photo of a postcard with a portrait of William Shakespeare. The text reads, “So I haven’t written much lately! So what? Neither has Shakespeare.”
“Better as a T-Shirt Rule”: don’t commit to permanence when there’s still #SuccessiveApproximation to be done. (p. 13) #TaskAvoidance
In #Lichtenbergianism, we call that #TaskAvoidance: Lichtenbergianism.com/task-avoidance. It's an effective creative strategy.
A winged hourglass floats over a semicircle dived like a protractor. Above the hourglass is asemic writing in red ink. Below the semicircle is the message “Time flies” with an abstract sketch in red ink.
Do not concern yourself with time. Either it is time to work, or it isn't. Either you have time to make the thing that is not, or you don't. #TaskAvoidance #Lichtenbergianism #postcardquotes
It is a mistake to think that “creativity” is somehow limited to the actual actions involved in *finishing* a work. (p. 15) #TaskAvoidance
The core value of #Lichtenbergianism is procrastination, *not* doing All The Things. (p. 12) #TaskAvoidance
A winged hourglass floats over a semicircle divided like a protractor. Rainbow colors will the divisions of the circle. Below, a message: “Time flies.”
Do not concern yourself with time. Either it is time to work, or it isn't. Either you have time to make the thing that is not, or you don't. #TaskAvoidance #Lichtenbergianism #postcardquotes
A collage with various blacked out texts, and some cautions to the artist not to ABANDON the work too soon.
That moment when we're tempted to think our first effort is enough — #TaskAvoidance gives us the distance to apply #Gestalt to what is actually an #AbortiveAttempts, thus proving: #CrasMeliorEst. #Lichtenbergianism #postcardquotes
#TaskAvoidance is key to creativity.
Learn the difference between #TaskAvoidance and #Abandonment. (p. 44)
Put down that sonnet and go get in the hot tub. You can thank me later. (p. 16) #TaskAvoidance
Know what you’re putting off and why. (Use kanban…) (p. 22) #TaskAvoidance
A collage with various blacked out texts, and some cautions to the artist not to ABANDON the work too soon.
That moment when we're tempted to think our first effort is enough — #TaskAvoidance gives us the distance to apply #Gestalt to what is actually an #AbortiveAttempts, thus proving: #CrasMeliorEst. #Lichtenbergianism #postcardquotes
A page from an old joke book that says, “Few men can loaf as wisely as they can work.”
Loaf Wisely. #TaskAvoidance
This is the way. #TaskAvoidance #Lichtenbergianism
A page from an old joke book that says, “Few men can loaf as wisely as they can work.”
Loaf Wisely. #TaskAvoidance
#Lichtenbergianism at its finest: #TaskAvoidance is your number one tool!
The Lichtenbergian strategy of #TaskAvoidance. Works almost every time.