Procrastination
8 thoughts explored through psychological and philosophical frameworks.
“I've been sitting here for 45 minutes and I haven't written a single word of this essay and I don't know if it's because I'm stuck or because I stopped caring.”
“I keep fantasizing about quitting and moving somewhere small and I've never once actually looked into what that would cost.”
“I told myself I was being productive but I've just been reorganizing the same three folders on my desktop for an hour.”
“I walked past the gym again today and I didn't go in and I've been making up a different excuse for eleven days now.”
“I've been meaning to call my dad for three weeks and every time I think about it I find a reason to do it later.”
“I keep starting new habits on Mondays like the day of the week has any bearing on whether I'll actually follow through.”
“I lie awake and run through everything I have to do tomorrow and then I'm too tired to do any of it when it comes.”
“I think about calling an old friend I hurt years ago and then I don't, and I've been doing that for long enough that it's become its own kind of answer.”