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Have you ever noticed yourself reaching for your phone first thing in the morning and spending 15 minutes scrolling through every single social media and messaging app on your phone to check your notifications? It fools your brain into thinking that you did something first thing in the morning. Things like Are all examples of fake work - work that feels like you're doing something, but you're actually not. Sometimes fake work can be an avoidance mechanism for real work. Like sometimes when you know you have a daunting bug to fix and have no idea where to start, you find yourself scrolling through all your new emails and slack messages first instead. Soon, an hour has gone by and you forgot what task you meant to do when opening your laptop in the very first place. Yet you still feel like you've done something because you've hit all those emails. if this resonates, please consider sharing it with a friend and subscribe to my newsletter below to get updates on when my next post drops 💖

Jul 22, 2024 by mathurah fake work things that feel like you're doing something, but you're actually not. Have you ever noticed yourself reaching for your phone first thing in the morning and spending 15 minutes scrolling through every single social media and messaging app on your phone to check your notifications? It fools your brain into thinking that you did something first thing in the morning. Things like checking emails replying to messages continuously scrolling the internet Are all examples of fake work - work that feels like you're doing something, but you're actually not. Sometimes f

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