It doesn't work like that

Azul Crescent's silly scribbles

::: spoiler Transcript Azul: "Uwahh... whenever i know should do something, but I haven't done it, I feel such existential dread." Azul's Brain: "Then why don't you just do that thing? You'd feel better after you're done with it." Azul: "You know it doesn't work like that! We're only going to do those things when I feel like it's too late!" Azul's Brain: "But why.." :::

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theneverfox@pawb.social · 26 pts · 267d

It's because we don't feel better, we feel tired. It's an exhausting process, and we don't get to feel reward chemicals from abstract tasks like that

PattyMcB@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 267d

Tl;dr

Morganica@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 267d

I don’t feel better. There’s not really a mental reward for doing the work, it just feels like a never ending list of maintenance to keep my life from getting worse.