Why is it easier to focus on things that we don’t have to do (like watching YT, TV shows, movies etc.) rather than things we “must” (for example studying, working out, going to job, finishing project and so on) ?

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Why is it easier to focus on things that we don’t have to do (like watching YT, TV shows, movies etc.) rather than things we “must” (for example studying, working out, going to job, finishing project and so on) ?

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Answer 1

Whether or not you have to do it is irrelevant. There are things you can focus on easily, and things you can’t. You notice three of the four (focus+have to / no focus + have to / focus + don’t have to) but you don’t think at all about the fourth (no focus + don’t have to) because that’s just everything else you could possibly do.