Psychology · Reading
Why Procrastinators Procrastinate
Wait But Why's Instant Gratification Monkey is still the clearest picture I have of why discovery slips until a date appears. I keep this as a systems warning, not a personality joke.
Why I saved this
The Panic Monster is a terrible product process. I reread this when I catch myself calling last-minute heroics a working style. If a launch is the only thing that creates focus, the roadmap is the bug, not the calendar.
The original essay stays on Wait But Why. This page is only why the metaphor still sits in my PM notes.