Currently not doing the thing, but can’t go to bed, because the thing is not done.
this post was submitted on 14 Aug 2025
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Update: Still haven't done the thing.
Go fart glitter in bed, I'm sure the thing can be done tomorrow
But then tomorrow the thing still needs to be done and the cycle repeats
Who knew a Skeletor meme could provide such deep wisdom.
Why get rest when you can be anxious about the thing you’re not doing and will continue to not do?
Really when you think about it, being anxious for days on end is preferable to a 5 minute task.
The key is timing. If you time your anxiety for when you're supposed to be asleep, you get to be too anxious to sleep and be unable to do the thing that alleviates said-anxiety! (Like completing a work task, or running a noisy appliance like a vacuum cleaner or washing machine, or making a phone call that can only be made between certain hours, etc.)
Then when morning arrives, and you're finally in a position to do the thing that was bothering you all night, you'll either be too exhausted to start the task, or be so mentally-overwhelmed that you completely forget the thing even exists.
Until the next night, that is. Then the cycle repeats.
I didn't do the thing but I was stressed out the entire time about it.
“The thing” is cropping the screenshot, right?
Because it totally doesn’t bother me at all. If it did, I certainly wouldn’t comment about it.
I can only take so many beatings :(
The „nothing“ was actually doomscrolling, falling into a random research or shopping rabbithole, or similar.