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An unstarted, unresolved task is more mentally exhausting than almost any other kind of task.

Drawn from what Gretchen Rubin said

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ambition How much to take on and how hard to push: superlinear returns to effort, focus, slack time, and procrastination.

motivation What makes effort feel worth it: the neuroscience of wanting to act, apathy, dopamine, and habit.

What Gretchen Rubin actually said

  1. Gretchen Rubin Writer on happiness, habits and human nature
    Nothing is more exhausting than the task that's never started.

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