You have to understand the difference between doing the work and circling the work without landing on it.

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The most dangerous form of procrastination is the kind that looks like productivity.

Notes, tabs, highlights, summaries… A whole pile of motion arranged around avoiding direct contact with the work.

It feels responsible because you are preparing.
It feels disciplined because you are organizing.
It feels like progress because there is visible evidence of effort everywhere.

But you have to understand the difference between doing the work and circling the work without landing on it.

The question is not “Am I busy?”
The question is “Am I touching the part that actually moves this forward?”

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