Just a perspective

Motivation is when you completely convince yourself that you are almost always almost there.

‘Almost There’ in a loop

You know what comes at you faster than light? Deadlines!

You sprint to the train station, almost miss it, quickly skim through the headlines in a desperate attempt to absorb the state of the world that morning, scramble at the colossal mess of a backlog you had left for yourself from the previous day, catch up, fill yourself in and freak yourself out, refuel at the coffee station and do it all over again!

At the end of it all, you cajole yourself into doing it just today. Just once. For the last time ever! “This is going to be the last day I work instead of sleep”, you tell yourself with the romanticism of convincing a shy girlfriend. And, occasionally, as you are almost there, a friend calls you to tell his sister is getting married… you brim in joy and celebrate in unison! And as you’re away revelling, there’s something blooming on your desk quietly through the night… more backlog!

And then again… you scramble at the colossal mess of a backlog you had left for yourself from the previous day, catch up, fill yourself in and freak yourself out, refuel at the coffee station and do it all over again!