It is both terrifying and comical at the same time.

This made it click for me about why the most productive times I have are also the busiest ones. I thought it was due to "inertia". That is, if you don't stop rolling, it'll be easier to roll. This theory has been contradicted by the fact that it still really is quite easy to stop rolling very shortly after busy times pass.

I had noticed this effect before, but only now after reading about it I'm completely aware of it. I wonder how that came to be part of the human psychology.

> I thought it was due to "inertia". That is, if you don't stop rolling, it'll be easier to roll.

This is a very common idea, and also potentially somewhat dangerous. A lot of people chase the inertia with ever increasing workloads and burn out. I have come close to that multiple times.

For some reason, I thought I was the only person who couldn't motivate themselves without this sort of structured procrastination. It's clearly more common than I thought!

you and probably 90% others (e.g. #metoo)

I'm deeply curious how #metoo is related to structured procrastination. Would you mind diving a bit deeper here?

I'm going to guess and say he was just borrowing a current, in-the-news hashtag and applying it to this situation. In other words, he was just joking around.

You're a mind-reader sir.