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I had a cop once tell me “How do you eat a elephant? One bite at a time”

Good advice from a cop.

Yes! 😊

Nah, it's future me's problem to deal with.

I have always maintained that all jobs are in actuality a series of 5 minute jobs. I break them down into these small units of time and it helps both with making progress and a mental perspective. My mother still refers to me as the "King of 5 minute jobs"

Aaah, good old Greedy Optimization. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greedy_algorithm

I think a better way to word this is to not depend on external validation.

It's important to care, and give a fuck about yourself and others.

I've found the "no fucks to give" attitude can also be an unhealthy coping mechanism when taken to the extreme, resulting in emotional withdrawal. Sometimes telling yourself you don't give a fuck while bottling things up inside is just compounding our problems.

not saying it's wrong. sometimes there are multiple small steps in a single step that rely on other people to make it happen. those days there is nothing you can do. try again tomorrow.

Honestly I think it's cowardly if you cannot directly express that you do not want someone in your life to their face with your words. Especially nowadays when you can just do it over text and block them if you're worried about an argument.

No one should have to pick up on "hints."

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It's just as important to know when to and when not to. You need to sometimes.

Hooo that's a sweet one

It's the little victories that give you the motivation to move forward, it becomes like a chain reaction if you allow it to.

Me too!! My class is starting soon and my professors posted assignments and quizzes and exams that are due for the whole semester

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You don't even have to take my advice i don't like either where im at in life, lets just forgive ourselves everyone makes mistakes that's just life, but we still have this present moment to make our future self proud.

He was quoted as saying that while searching for a way to land a spaceship on the sun. Apparently going at night was attempt #700.

I hate future me.

Almost as much as I hate past me. Fuck that guy.

Future me: know that I lash out at you because of the abuse I suffer at the hands of past me.

I think about this when I'm exercising. When I feel exhausted, and don't want to pull that final rep or run that last mile, I think to myself that there's a future where you put in the work, and a future where you didn't. In which one would I prefer to exist?

9 out of 10 times, I go for it.

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And this is how I ended up in the fetal position

Future you sucks, he puts in none of the effort and somehow still gets to reap all the benefits of your hard work

I suffer from bouts of depression, and I can assure you you have it in you. Sometimes you literally have to drag yourself, kicking and screaming, to make the changes. If you wait until you want to do it, it will never happen. You have to force yourself at metaphorical gunpoint.

My fellow people with ADHD need this even moreso, except with basically all life, not just when things get overwhelming

I guess so, but it's important to care about other people, and to care what other people think. You don't show up at a funeral or to church in sweat pants, for example (I personally think adults shouldn't wear them in public). You give people a break even when they're coughing or doing other annoying things, because they cannot help it. You care about your work and the feelings of others.

It's part of the social contract to give a f*ck.