Being able to ask Clarifying Questions has really upped my procrastination game. If I find myself Not Doing The Thing that has a deadline, I can just shoot the person who needs something from me a clarifying question or a request about The Task, and then I’m not procrastinating, I am waiting for the answer! Hey can I get some reference pictures of what we’re working with? Now I’m not working because I can’t work without the references. Okay I got refrences. Hey what resolution should the illustrations be in? Now I’m not working because I can’t work before I know what size the illustrations should be in.
So while the outcome is the same - me not doing shit - it’s gone from “oh no I’m not doing the thing :(” to “oh no I can’t do the thing :)” because I can point to somebody else who Did Not Answer My Question as the reason why I’m not doing shit.
I stopped reading when the garden path sentence took me to a part of the garden I liked