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    An Ode to Procrastination

    The existential exhilaration of playing chicken with Time
    by James Parker Jun 18, 2021 2 minutes
    Source: Tim Lahan

    This article was published online on June 18, 2021.

    It’s a negative state. There’s no getting around that.

    When I’m procrastinating, stalling, temporizing, I am defined at the metabolic level by the thing that I am not doing. The commitment I’m resisting.

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