Dare To Be an Agent of Chaos

Done is better than, um, not done

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Daria is in my DNA

“I’ve been very busy procrastinating all day.”

— Daria Morgendorffer

Daria Morgendorffer has procrastination down to a fine art.

Today I attempted to channel my inner Daria to help me write. Needless to say, it didn’t go very well. I sat there, feeling grumpy and sarcastic, but didn’t write a thing. I’ve put off writing this piece for so long that it’s time to close my eyes, press the publish button, and say to Hell with it.

(Satanic pun intended.)

Sometimes, I read something I’ve written and think: “That doesn’t suck. It’s actually quite good.” Then I get a reality check, realise how little money I make as a writer, and think: “I suck at writing. I should do anything other than writing.” And that, my friend, is why I drink tea.

I’ve even tried to motivate myself by using pizza as a reward:

“I have pizza. What I’ll do is use pizza to motivate myself. Every time I finish a piece of writing, I get a slice of pizza. Let’s start wri—”

I devoure…