# Intermittent "frog" task difficulty?

**URL:** <https://forum.beeminder.com/t/intermittent-frog-task-difficulty/4070>\
**Category:** Akrasia\
**Created:** [July 10, 2018, 4:25pm UTC](https://forum.beeminder.com/t/intermittent-frog-task-difficulty/4070 "2018-07-10T16:25:40Z")\
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**Author:** ![shepheb](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.beeminder.com/shepheb/32/486_2.png) [@shepheb](https://forum.beeminder.com/u/shepheb)\
**Post date:** [July 12, 2018, 2:07pm UTC](https://forum.beeminder.com/t/intermittent-frog-task-difficulty/4070/4 "2018-07-12T14:07:46Z")

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I definitely have this problem, hence my pondering and interest in the backlog minding question. I need some way to make the odious tasks stop sitting forever.

The truly horrifying example for me is one task that’s been on my plate for literally 3 years. It will take maybe four hours over a couple of days. It costs nothing to put off, except that if it isn’t squared away before it’s too late, I will lose six figures. That deadline is Poisson, not fixed, and it could be days or decades. When I really put that into focus, I am terrified and kind of shocked at my lack of discipline, but not motivated. (God I hope outing it here helps me get it done.)

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