LAZINESS... or OPTIMISM? — the story of my 'tick-tock' clock ⏰

This deceptive line of thinking has been giving the human race an ass-kicking for centuries:

Laziness disguised as optimism.

I thought about it for a while, then decided that one way to combat this issue for me was to buy a ticking clock (a clock that 'ticks' and 'tocks' loud enough that it can be heard from a foot or two away—surprisingly hard to find a clock like that in 2019, btw).

We know of procrastination. But this is not the same.

When you procrastinate, you have an underlying feeling of regret.

But when you avoid doing what you have to because "it'll be ok in the end", you're burning time while making yourself feel good about it. And that's poisonous because it reinforces negative actions.

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Some great advice I received and will pass on:

Whenever you're about to act on a questionable impulse, ask yourself "is this an escape?"

Escapes are almost always short-term pleasures that keep your brain engaged with enjoyment, while time continues to sneak away, because the brain really doesn't give a flying fork about whether or not you achieve your targets.

a flying fork, ladies and gentlemen.

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So... Umm...

Oh yeah, the clock.

The clock serves as a constant reminder that time is indifferent.

A 'tick' on a #LazySunday doesn't sound different from a 'tock' on a #MotivationMonday

...and that's because they aren’t different.

As much as I can tell myself that "Sunday is for chilling", the not-so-pleasant truth is that it's just not. Whose rule is that?

If you don't use time, it will use you.

[i.e. you will slowly decay and die with time—this is not debatable. You will decay, and you will die, and your lifetime's ideas/inspirations will be eternal 'what ifs'. It's not exactly fun to end such a sunshine-and-rainbow (lol) blog post this way, but this truth should be used as fuel to keep pushing onwards and upwards 🚀]