# Apricus Learns to Post on CF Forums

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**Created:** [March 17, 2024, 9:19am UTC](https://discuss.criticalfallibilism.com/t/apricus-learns-to-post-on-cf-forums/1913 "2024-03-17T09:19:53Z")
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### Author: ![Apricus](https://discuss.criticalfallibilism.com/user_avatar/discuss.criticalfallibilism.com/apricus/32/855_2.png) [@Apricus](https://discuss.criticalfallibilism.com/u/Apricus)
#### Post date: [January 11, 2026, 3:34am UTC](https://discuss.criticalfallibilism.com/t/apricus-learns-to-post-on-cf-forums/1913/11 "2026-01-11T03:34:05Z")

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Also really useful for me to understand and apply:

> [@Student Information](https://discuss.criticalfallibilism.com/t/student-information/1930/1):
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> You shouldn’t feel bad (including bored, disinterested, unmotivated, frustrated, upset, stressed, anxious or stupid) while doing assignments. That is a sign something is going wrong. And I won’t know unless you tell me. For most assignments, you shouldn’t really feel confused either. And most assignments aren’t meant to feel hard.
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> Some assignments will be too hard. You can do them and make errors or you can also stop and say it’s too hard. If an assignment is too hard, that gives us useful information about what prerequisites to work on first.
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> Problems are inevitable. They don’t mean that either of us did anything wrong. You just need to communicate the problem to me. Even just saying “Doing this assignment isn’t working for me.” is will work OK, but silence won’t work.
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> Also, basically the only way to fail is not doing the assignments. If you do them (or communicate that there’s a problem), you’re doing it right. It’s fine to make mistakes or for your work to not be very good. You’re just practicing, and if something is beyond your current abilities that’s good to find out so I can give you assignments that will help build up to it. If we just keep at it, I’ll figure out some assignments that you do well at, and we’ll build from there.
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> If you’re not doing an assignment, or avoiding it or procrastinating, that’s also a problem to share. You may need a different assignment.
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> In general, you’re welcome to talk a lot. It’s better to over-communicate than under-communicate.

Especially that the only way to fail is to not do the assignment. I legitimately thought that I was failing if I felt bored, disinterested etc. and my way to avoid facing that failure was to quit, which was basically the _real_ failure, ironically done to avoid the fake failure of my emotions.

So what I should practice is:

A) Noticing that I feel bad about doing something I said I’d do or wanted to do.

B) Raising that fact/writing it down.

C) Brainstorming potential causes and solutions, possibly using the Goal, Context, Goal Details, Errors, Error Correction Mechanisms list above.

D) Applying some of the potential solutions

E) Alternatively, or if the above doesn’t work, just try doing something easier or more interesting instead. I can always come back to the original activity later and see if I feel differently about it.

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