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"Because I'm a writer, I see my life as narrative, a story. I create obstacles for my longings, punish the protagonist with weakness, tragic flaws, vanity, hubris. To add tension to the plot, I'm indecisive, I create conflicts for myself: me vs. boss, me vs. self-loathing, me vs. nature, me vs. society, me vs. God, me vs. fate, or me vs. meaning of life.

There are internal struggles, I make the wrong choices, and neither you nor I know what's going to happen next. Neither you nor I know, "how he's going to get out of this one." There are unfulfillable desires. A lot of them.

These lofty goals and the subsequent fulfillment and attainment of them in the climax, in the final pages, not only create a better story, but come much to surprise to both you and I."

-Excerpt from Why I'm Still Procrastinating in My Late Twenties