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Wed Jun 23 06:00:01 EDT 2021
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Slept from ten-thirty to six-thirty
Mostly cloudy.
A 30 percent chance of rain showers until late afternoon.
Highs in the lower 70s.
South winds 5 to 15 mph.
Work
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- temporarily reduce 401K contribution?
Done (12% → 6%).
- install Yardi license file
Done.
- submit vacation pay form
No.
- ask Jamie about lease
Done (but no news yet).
Home
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- activate credit card
Done.
- grocery?
Pick up 1–2 PM.
Done.
Washed laundry.
Grocery pickup at Whole Foods was very painless, maybe even nicer than delivery.
Chatted with Jay on Signal a bit.
https://web.archive.org/web/20190325134634/https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/25/smarter-living/why-you-procrastinate-it-has-nothing-to-do-with-self-control.html
> Procrastination isn’t a unique character flaw or a mysterious curse on your ability to manage time, but a way of coping with challenging emotions and negative moods induced by certain tasks — boredom, anxiety, insecurity, frustration, resentment, self-doubt and beyond.
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> Procrastination is a perfect example of present bias, our hard-wired tendency to prioritize short-term needs ahead of long-term ones.
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> “We really weren’t designed to think ahead into the further future because we needed to focus on providing for ourselves in the here and now,” said psychologist Dr. Hal Hershfield, a professor of marketing at the U.C.L.A. Anderson School of Management.
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> Dr. Hershfield’s research has shown that, on a neural level, we perceive our “future selves” more like strangers than as parts of ourselves. When we procrastinate, parts of our brains actually think that the tasks we’re putting off — and the accompanying negative feelings that await us on the other side — are somebody else’s problem.
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> To make things worse, we’re even less able to make thoughtful, future-oriented decisions in the midst of stress. When faced with a task that makes us feel anxious or insecure, the amygdala — the “threat detector” part of the brain — perceives that task as a genuine threat, in this case to our self-esteem or well-being. Even if we intellectually recognize that putting off the task will create more stress for ourselves in the future, our brains are still wired to be more concerned with removing the threat in the present. Researchers call this “amygdala hijack.”
Decided on detente with Ed.
We will not talk about politics.
Servings: grains 1/6, fruit 2/4, vegetables 2/4, dairy 1/2, meat 0/3, nuts 1/0.5
Lunch: bean and tomato sandwich, pineapple, coffee
Afternoon snack: nectarine
Dinner: carrots, chips
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