A friend calls this “para-productive” work, when it’s in moderation; it’s not directly helpful towards her task, but it’s useful for gearing up and building momentum. If it gets too far into the procrastination side of things, she calls it “psuedo-productive”.
(I asked her whether making up these silly phrases is psuedo-productive, or para-productive. She replied that it was “meta-productive”. 🙄)
Edit: added missing bracket
There is a word for that in Champagne French dialect: “cnasser” people who cnasse are doing everything but what they are suppose to do unlike people who procrastinate that simply don’t do the thing and push it to later.
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Le gasp! Perhaps that is why I have been feeling unresolved all day.
I’ve always referred to it as “productive procrastination”. Better than doomscrolling I guess …
you can come and ‘write’ here anytime.
Going through this right now. I cannot explain this feeling.
Hey, I fixed a tap today!
