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It's rare that I'm not juggling doing 6 different things at the same time.

I feel if I remember to do something I need to immediately get that ball rolling, else I will completely forget about it, and end up half doing dozens of things.

Currently in the process of looking up a new hairstyle, updating my immich server, making a PieFed post, getting ready for and appointment and probably some other things I'll remember in a bit

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[–] Petter1@discuss.tchncs.de 10 points 7 hours ago

πŸ˜†I think this happened to anyone in this community at least once

[–] kubica@fedia.io 15 points 8 hours ago (4 children)

The classic "Hal replacing a light bulb" ( https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8fnfeuoh4s8 )

But not remembering what was the original intention.

[–] prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 6 points 5 hours ago

I love that he has his jacket on the entire time. He comes home and doesn't even have a chance to take it off lol

[–] ChaosCoati@midwest.social 4 points 5 hours ago

I’m saving this for the next time someone tells me to β€œjust do the thing.”

Yea this is me

[–] Rhynoplaz@lemmy.world 3 points 6 hours ago

I LOVE this clip!

[–] lwhjp@lemmy.sdf.org 12 points 8 hours ago (2 children)

Yep. The nice thing about getting on meds (atomoxetine in my case) is that at least for tasks I really want to get done, I'm now able to ignore those interruptions and keep going.

I've never tried meds, I consider it every now and then but I function alright without them, despite it being a struggle

[–] Wxfisch@lemmy.world 4 points 5 hours ago

This is exactly how I describe being on atomoxetine to my friends and family. It's not a magic moment of clarity, it just takes the edge off of my need to dive down every rabbit hole I see. I can still do that of course (and sometimes it still happens when I should be doing something else) but on the whole it's easier to pull myself out of the distraction spiral before it becomes too bad.

[–] 30p87@feddit.org 9 points 9 hours ago* (last edited 9 hours ago) (1 children)

I wanted to fetch a photo of my ID from immich, saw a random screenshot of Reddit from 3 years ago where I noticed a user in the screenshot who is now here and a friend, and ended up searching through her reddit profile for that comment.

Ofc I had forgotten my ID at step 1.

Hey I also have a photo of my ID on Immich, there can't be many of us!