“The main way I get things done is by having structure forced on me from an outside source, like a job for instance, where the potential shame of failure is compelling enough to pull me through the wall. With anything else, though, I just don’t do it until I literally have no choice (all of my dishes are piled up in the sink so I can’t eat) or the deadline is so close that I can ride the panic-induced adrenaline rush of, for example, having to write an entire essay in one night.”
