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Treat it like a necessary and somewhat pleasurable task you have to include in your daily routine.
"Looking back," he continues, with the plangent satisfaction of a man for whom crossing his "t's" is both a pleasurable task and an absurdist exercise, "that's probably the beginning of everything we're doing now".
But be careful, 'cause taking apart the iPhone, let alone replacing its battery, isn't an easy or pleasurable task.
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Certainly, selecting topics, putting together a program, and presenting it on air are the most creative and therefore the most exciting and pleasurable tasks of an editor.
Maddening as this experience was, it was infinitely more pleasurable than a similar task I had undertaken some years ago.
Serves 4-6 500g shallots 25g butter 1 tbsp light-flavoured oil 2 tbsp balsamic vinegar ∫ tsp caster sugar 25g dried cranberries, roughly chopped 250g tinned chestnuts 1 tbsp sage, finely chopped 320g ready-rolled puff pastry 1 Cover the shallots with warm water: this will help loosen the skin and make the next task far more pleasurable.
One study also showed that modafinil made tasks seem more pleasurable.
The leap of faith may have been a few weeks in coming, but having made the decision, there is a familiar and pleasurable sense of immersion in the task that I have set myself.
Make sure that the house/room that you are going to use for this "task" is spotless and pleasurable to be in.
It does feel unsettling to think of pleasurable activities as a derivative of workplace tasks, or even to think of yourself as predictable or defined by your job.
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Justyna Jupowicz-Kozak
CEO of Professional Science Editing for Scientists @ prosciediting.com