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[–] [email protected] 11 points 9 months ago (3 children)

To still feel productive and get that high from getting stuff done. I honestly spend hours and hours formatting my reports/papers. I think, I got a few compliments in the past (just the average kind people say when it's clear someone put effort into something) and that solidified my procrastination.

It's usually at least a 2:1 ratio of formatting to actually writing/researching content...

I need help...

[–] [email protected] 5 points 9 months ago

The amount of time I spent going down into the deepest depths of LaTeX magic is probably larger than the amount of time spent on actual work for my master's thesis.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 9 months ago

Ah, I do the same with figures! Hours spent just to aling them perfectly

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

I spend three hours before every paper trying to find cool software to help me focus/write... only to end up writing it all in word.

Usually 15-20 minutes browsing fonts too... only to change it to times new roman when I'm done because it's required

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago

i feel seen, we're two peas in a pod