I find I can only hold one filler task in my life at a time. The thing which catches the gaps when I need to watch to something but not engage, or am waiting for something to start, or simply can't find the energy for real work.
Might be a new book, a tiny craft project, or scraps of writing on my phone. Something simple that doesn't feel like work.
I love those tasks, I get a lot of little projects done that way. So many things which never feel like they deserve their own time, but are worth doing all the same. I can't spend ten hours reading through a new book every weekend, but slipping in 10 minutes here and there on the go is no effort at all.
But, if I try to keep multiple, I do none. These are piecemeal by nature. Split it up even more, and how could anything ever be finished? It only works at all because it's reflexive.
I've had to train myself to never let two compete, and only grab what I need for one on any given day. Some things still slip in. I have my internet poisons of choice, and things like listening to new music are always hanging around. But on the whole, one thing a day works out well.
Occasionally it comes and goes. Sometimes I don't even have the capacity for one, and I let my brain shut off entirely in the gaps. Not a bad thing, just a warning that something's been pushing my limits.
Better to find more rest, sometimes.
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Nightly Notes
I've been doing so much typing recently, writing and otherwise. It's not fast enough, there's so much where I know everything I need to say but am trapped typing it all out for minutes.
It's maddening.
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