• DacoTaco@lemmy.world
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      1 month ago

      This is the way. Switching to a more accurate reason is also a way of accepting the fact you are low on energy. Its a step towards improvement :)

  • GissaMittJobb
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    1 month ago

    A business-coded variant you can use if you want is “I don’t have the bandwidth for that”. It’s been effective for me so far.

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      22 days ago

      Bandwidth or “headspace” are my favourites, the second one being almost exactly equivalent to “I can’t be bothered to think about that”.

  • NickwithaC@lemmy.world
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    1 month ago

    Every second of your schedule IS accounted for. You’re just ignoring the required downtime that you need between things you’re doing.

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    If you’re going to water down the phrase by misusing it then you should expect confusion. Especially when its just as easy to give an answer that isn’t a lie.

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      It’s not a lie, it’s a phrase. Phrases can man different things depending on context. When someone says they didn’t have time, often they just mean they’re over burdened.

      “Cannot run out time. There is infinite time. You are finite. Zathras is finite. This is wrong tool.” -Zathras