Bleh, getting in my own way today. What are y’all’s go-tos for not letting your brain do anxious freeze / ‘let me avoid task anxiety by doing 800 perfectionist preparatory things first’??

I don't really have one aside from trying to trick it by like just doing the thing. Try not to think. Throw a distraction treat and come at the thing from the side. Just do it. Find yourself doing it.

𝖗𝖎𝖌𝖍𝖙 𝖕𝖗𝖔𝖕𝖊𝖗! : I feel like this is generally how I DO accomplish things eventually! it’s so hard when you’re trying to make it into a schedule but.

I think need to just really stand by ‘ok if I’m not getting headway in the first ten minutes, move to the next thing I have to do” bc I’m never more inspired to write than when I’m doing work related stuff and I’m never better at work than when I’m supposed to sleep or idk, clean.

(I’m never better at ANYTHING than when I’m supposed to sleep.)

That and I need like. A giant sign that says SOMETHING IS BETTER THAN NOTHING. Which has been my motto lately for work but is at LEAST as true for RP. I can see someone posting like, two sentences for a tag, not judge it at all and still not find it acceptable to do myself lol

I also feel like if I get this big anxious buildup and I'm putting the thing off and blah blah blah... just go do something else for a while. Don't force it. You can't postpone forever, but this is a hobby and being honest that this isn't happening on a day might help.

Let other people top level rather than top leveling a week late. Etc.

(But like, Thursday vs Friday is not that big a deal. If this is about TL on the Singillatim TDM? It will definitely be there, just don't leave it off too long.)

𝖗𝖎𝖌𝖍𝖙 𝖕𝖗𝖔𝖕𝖊𝖗! : this is fair! And this is about several things today but that is one, heh.

Tangentially: I REALLY need to get over my irrational ‘I can’t engage with (event/TDM/meme) AT ALL until I top level’ thing like...??? For one thing tagging around is a good way to get into character. But also: why does it matter? Idek.

I swear I didn’t even always do that, idk if it started as an anxious thing in a particular situation, or if TLs just felt ‘bigger’, but it’s SILLY. It’s good for CR to have both but only if you actually do it!

Ah well. At least I’m actually breaking down the silly brain blocks even if they’re embarrassing to realize I’ve made for myself.