Settling on Procrastination

Having options and constraints is good in moderation. Sort of a twist on explore and exploit here.

I fall in line with the thinking behind Tim Urban’s Monkey Mind TED talk [2]. Hold out until we know [1] just the right amount of information to proceed, not a second less or longer.

Feels chaotic though!

I remember I had a coworker who was all about “scope creep man, watch out for that!” His preference was for seeking comfort-in-constraints. Like business, as usual.

But I realize “wait for it…wait for it” is not everyone’s preferences.

references

  1. https://michal.piekarczyk.xyz/note/2026-02-13-what-ends-up/
  2. https://www.ted.com/talks/tim_urban_inside_the_mind_of_a_master_procrastinator