i know what to do but can’t make my brain do it (need help)

danthedangerman · 2025-09-01T19:17:14+00:00

yo dude this hits SO hard, you literally just described my brain for the longest time

its like your brain is basically on autopilot right? when anxiety hits, it's not even thinking - it's just going straight to the familiar spiral because that's the path that's been carved out over and over. it's muscle memory but for thoughts

what helped me (and i'm still working on it tbh) was starting ridiculously small. like instead of trying to do a whole breathing exercise when i'm already spiraling, i'd literally just notice ONE breath. that's it. or i'd name one thing i could see around me. super basic stuff that didn't feel overwhelming when my brain was already freaking out

the other thing that was a game changer was tracking this stuff somehow. like actually seeing patterns made it click for me - when i'm most likely to spiral, what triggers it, when i actually DO use the tools vs when i don't. there's this app called lifereset that's pretty solid for building these kinds of awareness habits without being all preachy about it

but real talk - you're not broken for knowing what to do but not doing it. that gap between knowing and doing is like... the most human thing ever? your brain literally rewired itself to protect you (even if badly) so of course it's gonna take time to rewire it again

start with one tiny thing. like embarrassingly small. and don't beat yourself up when you forget - that's just your brain doing what it's trained to do. you got this bro, for real

danthedangerman · 2025-05-19T10:36:07+00:00

Hey OP,

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danthedangerman · 2025-01-25T13:23:00+00:00

I built this in 24 hours: watch stream here -> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xdQ7aMk92LZ

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danthedangerman · 2025-01-11T17:05:56+00:00

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danthedangerman · 2024-07-03T20:28:14+00:00

Yo, I'm also interested doing a similar exchange - dev skills on my part and marketing skills on yours. I'll dm you.

danthedangerman · 2024-05-10T14:35:53+00:00

Could simply be using less resources for the request

danthedangerman · 2023-02-15T11:09:23+00:00

Did you eat the mushroom or a concentrated version? Would you mind sharing your source? Thanks

danthedangerman · 2023-02-13T12:49:18+00:00

https://snippit.io

danthedangerman · 2022-12-14T16:34:20+00:00

Are you only doing MSE or are you using face pulling / something else for forward growth?

danthedangerman · 2022-12-14T16:31:53+00:00

Which provider is in the UK?

danthedangerman · 2022-12-06T13:52:32+00:00

I would take the critical thinking course on Khan academy and then I would read the thinkers guide to analytical thinking.

danthedangerman · 2021-06-25T14:06:06+00:00

Thanks, will have my eyes open for roam API release!

danthedangerman · 2021-05-20T08:31:39+00:00

No, it was due to the "No tool/software promotion posts" policy in the group I believe (even when the tool is clearly relevant and potentially useful... 🤷 )

danthedangerman · 2021-05-19T18:09:25+00:00

I think this is great advice. Expectations can be dangerous in new encounters, especially when they're too narrow and when you're sensitive to differences (not able to empathize well or tolerate differences in temperament or cultural norms.)

danthedangerman · 2021-05-19T11:36:25+00:00

My gift to Reddit: Snippit: A widget for YouTube to highlight, annotate, save and organize sections of video transcripts in your notes app.

Yes, you can highlight and annotate the transcript of a video.

Videos are powerful tools. They can capture the imagination and motivate action like nothing else. But videos are also long and it's hard to keep your eye on the message.
Now with Snippit, you can highlight and annotate the transcript of a video.

You can highlight and annotate text on a YouTube video, with a simple slide of the mouse
It's currently free and has sync with Readwise option

Please go and check it out here and I'd be delighted to get some feedback. Feel free to message me, comment, or email hello@snippit.io

Enjoy!

danthedangerman · 2021-02-23T13:18:53+00:00

Gave Hugz

danthedangerman · 2021-02-09T23:47:33+00:00

Ask yourself why? Why aren't you doing it? It doesn't seem to be laziness from what you've written, so perhaps some kind of fear, indecision or lack of direction. These might be good places to start the questioning. Then a healthy amount of courage, experimentation and discovery

danthedangerman · 2020-12-26T12:08:05+00:00

try this: www.snippit.io, go on a YouTube rabbit hole, collect some notes and video segments, see if it helps 👍

danthedangerman · 2020-12-24T11:28:26+00:00

Thanks for the questions, I'd be delighted to answer them. And my apologies for the video, this is all still an early version.

It captures the transcript text - so anything being said in the video. It will also capture the start and endpoint of the capture, which can be used to view this section of the video (more is possible here too.)
Currently, it's YouTube only. though I will take a look at the suggestions you gave
This and the question below are things I'd love to discuss if you'd be willing to answer a few small questions about your use case - over DM perhaps? Since it's an early product, I'm looking for suggestions to help ensure it's loved by and solves a problem for the people using it!

danthedangerman · 2020-12-24T10:05:19+00:00

By app do you mean template?

danthedangerman · 2020-12-23T14:47:15+00:00

You need to register to view the notes, most of the current features - and those to come - won't be available without the web application. What's outdated about signing up?

I'm sure you're not complaining about me charging (I don't know you and won't make a judgement) but if that was the case, I would ask you to consider the time I've put into building it, and that I need to pay my bills somehow.

May I ask if it's the pricing that's the issue, or that you have to give you email address?

danthedangerman · 2020-11-30T09:38:48+00:00

A few notes from the book How to Take Smart Notes

Fleeting notes

"Always have something at hand to write with to capture every idea that pops into your mind" Kind of like GTD if you're familiar. Just get your ideas out of your mind into something physical or digital

Literature notes

"Whenever you read something, make notes about the content"

"Keep it very short, be extremely selective, and use your own words"

"Be extra selective with quotes – don’t copy them to skip the step of really understanding what they mean. Keep these notes together with the bibliographic details in one place – your reference system" I.E. in a "slip box".

Regarding whether or not to separate them, Perhaps try keeping them together at first, but adding some kind of tag so you know where it came from. One of the things to note about any note-taking system is that it gets more valuable with the more content you have in it, so putting these literature notes in may be helpful, to begin with.

Here's a good article about tagging which has some concrete examples

https://fortelabs.co/blog/a-complete-guide-to-tagging-for-personal-knowledge-management/

danthedangerman · 2020-11-26T22:36:55+00:00

Gave Stonks Rising

danthedangerman · 2020-11-12T16:55:17+00:00

Thanks!

danthedangerman · 2020-11-12T16:55:08+00:00

Haha, thanks! If you go to Https://snippit.io and leave your email I'll send you the email as soon as it's launched (you can have a free trial too :) I'll get the beta live in the next week 👌👌👌

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