Discussions

Ever notice how some projects you work on just click? Like, you sit down with your coffee, blink, and suddenly it’s 2 hours later and you’ve cranked out something you’re actually proud of? And then there are the other ones… the soul-sucking, slow-as-molasses kind where every sentence feels like you’re dragging a rock uphill in the rain.

I have been thinking about this a lot lately because I had two back-to-back assignments last week one for a client in the wellness space, and another that was a super dry, corporate compliance thing. The first? A breeze. The second? Felt like I was staring at a wall of text in another language. I swear my brain just refused to cooperate.

What is funny is it wasn’t even about difficulty. The compliance project was not harder, just… less interesting. And when something’s not interesting, your brain’s like, “Oh cool, let’s procrastinate and reorganize the spice cabinet instead.” (I now have alphabetical cinnamon.)

That’s where little tricks save me breaking stuff down into smaller tasks, changing scenery (coffee shops are basically my therapy), and sometimes even swapping work types. Like, I’ll do a bit of the boring thing, then switch to a creative piece for a mental reset.

I guess that’s why I’m never shocked when people outsource the parts of their work they hate. I’ve done it myself once I even got nursing assignments help for a friend who was drowning in clinical paperwork because she’d rather spend time in the actual hospital than glued to her laptop. Best decision she made that semester.

Anyway, I am curious do you guys think the “flow” factor is just about liking the topic, or can you train yourself to power through anything with enough habit and caffeine? I am still on the fence.