NancyLebovitz comments on Working Mantras - Less Wrong

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Comment author: NancyLebovitz 27 August 2009 12:59:45AM 0 points [-]

"There's always just enough time when you do something right, no more, no less."

I see this as related to one of my habits-- when I feel like I'm short on time, I'll hurry. That is, I'll try to move faster than I can really regulate well, presumably as a sort of self-signaling that I don't have enough time, but I'm trying hard.

I don't have a mantra for the the situation, but if I find myself thinking "I'm trying to hurry", it's an indicator that I need to stop pushing so hard.