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Discussion Thread 🍀 Thursday 3 April 2025 (aussie.zone)

submitted 4 months ago by YarraByte@aussie.zone to c/melbourne@aussie.zone

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[–] RustyRaven@aussie.zone 12 points 4 months ago (7 children)

I had mentally allowed myself two days for looking at cars. As it only took a couple of hours I now have a lot of unexpectedly open time to fill. I might do an op shop run and try to finish off my couch.

Does anyone else write off stupidly large amounts of time to do things that are not actually that time consuming? I seem to do it all the time, which often means I put off things because I "don't have enough time" and then when I do get them done end up with lots of extra free time.

[–] SituationCake@aussie.zone 7 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

I’m the opposite. I put things off, especially unpleasant tasks, but severely overestimate what I can get done in a timeframe. (I don’t really believe it, I just like to convince myself I will do it later to feel less guilty about procrastinating). Then mad panic ensues. I need to find a way of doing unpleasant tasks.

But more importantly, congratulations on the car! And yay for having spare time to do other fun stuff!

[–] RustyRaven@aussie.zone 6 points 4 months ago

I only tend to do that for uni assignments - sure I can write up 5000 words after work on the day it's due!!

I pick up the car on Thursday. I'm going to add clearing out the small shed I have at the end of the carport and putting it onto Marketplace, I'll have an extra 13cm of car to fit in and need that space back so the new vehicle doesn't have her butt hanging out 🤣

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