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How preparation anxiety manifests as adjacent activities

I have a job interview tomorrow and I planned to practice my answers tonight but instead I reorganized my closet and researched what the interviewer studied in college

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

When direct preparation feels too intense, we gravitate toward activities that feel related but avoid the core challenge.

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Worth thinking about

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