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Why planning can become a form of productive procrastination

I write detailed plans for how I want to change my life but I spend more time revising the plans than taking any actual steps toward the changes.

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More people experience this than they realize.

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The mental satisfaction of organizing future action substitutes for the discomfort of present movement.

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