A result from the quiz How Do You Lose Track of Time?
Now or Not Now
The future doesn't feel real until it's suddenly today.
You lose time because the future doesn't feel real. Something next month might as well be next year, until it's tomorrow and there's no time left.
The aim is to bring the future closer: make deadlines visible and break them into steps with their own dates.
Things to try
- Put a countdown to each deadline where you'll see it every day.
- Give each step its own date, not just the final one.
- On Sundays, look at the week ahead for five minutes.
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The other results
How Do You Lose Track of Time?
- The Tunnel
When something grabs you, the rest of the world disappears. - The Optimist
Everything feels like it'll take five minutes. It never does. - The Transition Trap
Time leaks away in the gaps between one thing and the next.
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