Stop Meta-working

What is meta-working?

Getting highs by doing some work that is not actual work but is “tangential” to the real work.

Why do I do this?

I don’t know, maybe its a mechanism to avoid doing real hard work that drains energy. Maybe some deep lack of purpose.

Examples of meta-work

• blogging: designing and enabling the blog webdsite before even having anything to post
• templating: spending time building a notion, obsidian, github repo template before having the actual work

Examples that might feel like meta-work but are not

• programming: learning syntax of a programming language before working on a project

How to avoid meta-working?

I think each person has to realize themselves that they are meta-working and go on from there.

PS: Avoided meta-working when writing this essay and so this post is as blunt and cosmetically injured as possible.