A while ago I asked whether you are a do the good thing first or save it for later sort of person, like eat the best part or whatever.

Now I’m curious if it was a zombie apocalypse, would that change your calculation?

So not in daily life, but if you found something good but you know you’ll likely die soon.

Do you consume it all now (not just food, but media or friendship), or do you dole it out to yourself to make it last?

  • FinjaminPoach@lemmy.world
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    4 days ago

    One of my biggest problems in life is trying to do things / use things up all at once. Probably an aspect of ADHD.

    This is definitely the case with media:
    • getting too into a game has, multiple times, caused me to put university on the shelf for a bit.
    • occasionally get periods of time where I feel the need to grind stardewvalley valley and play no other game. It’s also one of those games where I compulsively start new saves before completely finishing the last one
    • when I find a really good series to watch I just watch an episode every day. Sometimes that becomes my main recreation. MadMen was the best example of this because I watched it with zero break days (except a family holiday?) from start to finish
    • When Daredevil: Born Again came out, the release time for each episode was like 4AM in Britain and I’d been planning around it releasing at midnight or evening like they usually do. For some reason I HAD to see it before I did anything else. 4 AM wake-up on a wednesday for about 5 weeks. Damaged my sleep schedule significantly and left me not enough energy to even go to university on those days.

    If a book doesn’t make me want to read it all now, it won’t get read at all. Because it’s competing with flashy phone screen for my attention.

    Not sure how friendship gets “consumed all at once” but I think I’m actually a “save hings for later” in that regard, same wth romantic relationships. Just can’t plan ahead with dopamine-wells such as entertainment and snacks. I can save non-snack food for later, and I actually excel at it.