Illustrated by Anna Sudit. I'm working on Before and After, a book about habit-formation, so I constantly ask myself, "What are the issues in my life that bug me, and how can I tackle them through habits?" One problem: nagging tasks. It's a secret of adulthood: Nothing is more exhausting than the task that's never started. I knew this, but nevertheless I'd accumulated a lengthy list of small, mildly unpleasant tasks that I kept putting off -- in many cases, for months. Maybe years. These tasks w...
Illustrated by Anna Sudit. I'm working on Before and After, a book about habit-formation, so I constantly ask myself, "What are the issues in my life that bug me, and how can I tackle them through habits?" One problem: nagging tasks. It's a secret of adulthood: Nothing is more exhausting than the task that's never started. I knew this, but nevertheless I'd accumulated a lengthy list of small, mildly unpleasant tasks that I kept putting off -- in many cases, for months. Maybe years. These tasks w...
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