The Endless Cycle of Creative Procrastination


Phase 1:

You come up with a new idea. You love ideas! They are sexy and pure. Out of the corner of your eye, it winks at you. You melt. Abandoning all else, you take the jump and fall hard.


Phase 2:

You pour your heart and soul into the idea. This Idea is the one that will change your life, the one which will make all your dreams come true. Nobody loves you like your new idea. The two of you spend late nights, early mornings, and walks in the park together.

Life is but a dream.


Phase 3:

You start to get a little bored of your idea. Sure it’s still sexy, but it turned out to be pretty high maintenance. It’s a lot of work to get ideas You long for the time when you were first in love.

Your mind starts to wander, until all of a sudden…


Phase 4:

You come up with a new idea. You love ideas! They are sexy and pure….


This is a call to action:

Break the cycle.

Finish.

Todd Brison

An optimist who writes.

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