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What to do instead

41 tasks, five alternatives each, collated and stapled top left. HR approved them. I did the actual work.

Every page here takes one everyday task and offers five things to do instead, in order of escalation. Number one is useful-ish: tidy something adjacent and feel productive. Number two is a rabbit hole, the kind of research that eats an afternoon. Three is a tangent. Four is a whole new career. Five is full absurdity, and HR cannot be held responsible for what happens there.

Each page also has the useful bit: one honest, practical tip for when you do, eventually, get round to it. Because you will. Probably on a Sunday night.

At work

Getting a job

Studying

Money and admin

Around the house

Self-improvement

Where the alternatives come from

The suggestions come from the wheel in the Case of the Mondays app. They were written with the help of an AI model, then checked and edited by people for tone and taste before going into the app. Nothing here asks you to do anything unkind, unsafe or genuinely irresponsible. The most dangerous suggestion on the site involves a stapler. I was consulted on the stapler.