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"later" doesn't exist

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a blog post by Brennan Colberg

Brennan Colberg's... writing "Later" doesn't exist published on March 29, 2022 Occasionally, an idea pops into my head to do something—but I’m too busy to do it right away. So I tell myself I’ll do it later, and move on. But recently I’ve noticed something funny: these things I say I’ll do “later” almost never get done. I think it’s because we all live in the “now.” Now is “now”; yesterday was “now”; tomorrow will surely be “now.” And “now” is not “later”: never do I sit down, say to myself “ah, now it’s later, gotta to do all those things…

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