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Blow Your Mind: The Procrastinating Brain
by Robert Lamb | September 6, 2011
No matter how on top of your to-do list you happen to be, there’s a task or two you’re putting off. Why do we procrastinate? Why do we put off both dreaded tasks and long-held ambitions for short-term pleasures?
In this episode of Stuff to Blow Your Mind, Julie and I breakdown procrastination as the temporal, human planning phenomenon that it is.
Listen in and you’ll gain a better understanding of why you haven’t taken the garbage out yet, and what you can do to cut down on procrastination in your life.
Starting word count: 33,895
Yesterday’s word count: 1,512
Total word count: 35,407
The product: Three letters, arrived on the same day.
There were also procrastination and burgers. More on that after the jump.
Starting word count: 7,001
Yesterday’s word count: 2,279
Total word count: 9,280
The product: A little boost to chapter four and all of chapter five, in which we travel to an inn with trompe l’oeil walls and a conveniently situated French restaurant.
The process: Yesterday felt like a slog, so today I offer slog-dispelling silliness. See it after the jump.
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