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Sometimes one just doesn't have the energy to do what needs done. How do you manage it?

(prompted by the thread about repetitive topics)

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[–] Dagwood222@lemm.ee 5 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I read about that trick years ago. It was in an essay by Ian Fleming. He wrote '...as hot as you can stand it for as long as you can stand it, followed by as cold as you can take it for as long as you can take it.'