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The False Summit – When 90% done becomes 50%

A friend of mine is always calling me out for never finishing anything, and never writing anything, and never responding to him after 5 PM or on weekends. I'm a bad friend, and I have accepted that, but he's always asking me about whatever my latest hyperfixation project is.

I've replayed Skyrim dozens of time from the start, as well, but I usually get bored so I will add something to my requirements (no range or alteration only or something dumb like no foraging, everything has to be given or bought), and that aids in it until I forget, then one break of my rules makes that save unplayable again. And, I'm starting to think I have ADHD... and that is what allowed me to hyperfocus on a work task until it was done in my youth, because everything back then was novel, and now that I've done everything (a corporate developer would ever do), the lack of novelty makes it hard to sit for more than a couple of hours without needing a mental break (or having one). Possibly creating some coping mechanisms like actually scoping a personal project, and releasing in smaller chunks, so I'm constantly finishing something... that would feed into the exposure therapy.

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