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The Atlas Obscura Podcast

Manuscript Writing Cafe

The Atlas Obscura Podcast

SiriusXM Podcasts & Atlas Obscura

Society & Culture, Places & Travel

4.61.6K Ratings

🗓️ 15 March 2023

⏱️ 12 minutes

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Summary

We go to Tokyo, to a particular place that is both nemesis and best friend to all those procrastinators out there. (Yes, we’re looking at you :) LEARN MORE: The Manuscript Writing Cafe is open Saturdays and Sundays and you can reserve your seat online. https://koenji-sankakuchitai.blog.jp/ManuscriptWritingCafe/

Transcript

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0:00.0

Let's see, what are some of the truly innumerable ways in which I have procrastinated?

0:11.0

Okay, there is level one procrastination, which is like, let's check my email, let's

0:18.0

check Slack, let's check Reddit, let's check YouTube, let's check Instagram, let's keep

0:23.6

looking, why is my phone in my hand again?

0:26.2

This is sort of your standard, constant background procrastination.

0:31.5

Then there's level two procrastination.

0:33.8

This weirdly can be kind of useful, it is the, God, this room is really messy, I can't

0:39.9

do this work until this room is clean procrastination.

0:43.6

This is the windexing, the windows and mirrors procrastination, it is the folding your

0:48.6

clothes procrastination, it is the organizing, your collection of travel related coffee

0:54.3

mugs, it must happen now.

0:59.2

And finally, there is the mode of procrastination, which verges on desperation.

1:06.2

This is the procrastination where you do things you don't want to do that you have been

1:11.0

procrastinating on, so you don't have to do the main thing.

1:14.3

This is the making an appointment at the DMV, this is the going to the dentist procrastination,

1:20.1

anything to keep you from having to do the thing.

1:26.6

And it's not just me, I think everyone knows this feeling, you're working on something,

1:30.6

you've got a deadline coming, you just cannot focus, your mind refuses to let you do the

1:37.0

thing you need to be doing.

1:39.9

But what if, what if there were a place that you could go and prevent all of this madness,

1:48.8

a place that would keep you on track, a place where you could not leave, you were actually

1:56.0

not allowed to leave until your work was done.

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