From the author: Is procrastination a free choice or an unconscious necessity? “Procrastination (from English procrastination - delay, postponement; from Latin crastinus - tomorrow and Latin pro - on) - in psychology - the tendency to constantly postpone even important and urgent matters, leading to life problems and painful psychological effects" (Wikipedia ). “Each historical moment in time corresponds to its own form of mental disorder” (J. Salonia, M.S. Lobb.) It is assumed that any physical body, one way or another, is located in space and time. A living body, especially a human one, has the ability to be located not just randomly, but purposefully, taking into account its needs and desires. Having a developed nervous system, brain and thinking skills does wonders: a person can create (choose, model) his own spatio-temporal environment. It's like an attractor (a stone thrown into water) around which everything revolves. True, sometimes, some people have to “spin” themselves. And there are always explanations for this: “he doesn’t think well,” “he shows off a lot,” “he always does everything wrong.” But explanations come later, after a universally recognized “general line” appears. By following it, that is, doing “what you’re supposed to do,” you simply automatically find yourself in the right place at the right time, where everything happens on time, no one is late or delays doing important things. Problems with time distribution arise when: a) there are too many “general lines”. – Freedom of choice is good, but sometimes people don’t know what to do with pluralism and democracy. Consensus is not lying in the way. Again, the market variety of goods (prospects, opportunities) is not always a joy (no matter what ice cream you choose, there will always be something left untasted. If you eat it all at once, your throat will hurt). Postponing something for later is a forced necessity (you can’t do everything in one unit of time). Responsibility for choosing what to postpone and what to do immediately is a factor of additional nervousness, which you also want to avoid. It’s better not to choose (do nothing; do the first thing that comes to mind, what you have to do and how you have to). Responsibility for “non-choice” is easily removed after admitting that “there was no choice” (everything has already been decided for us). This is how democracy smoothly turns into totalitarianism, abundance gives way to scarcity. In order not to slide into this unseemly extreme, society declares procrastination an evil and returns responsibility to individuals who tried to refuse it (the state society itself continues to delight us with chaotic market abundance). b) There is a “general line”, but it is not at all what we would like. – Yes, we know the laws of the universe well. Yes, we know what we can count on. But we are not happy about this! This universe is not suitable for us! We were not taken into account in the global inventory of interests! Therefore, neither following the “general line” nor spinning like a top along or across it brings happiness and the desired results. What can be done? How to stop being late and putting off living? My answer: THE ROOT OF TIME PROBLEMS IS IN SPACE. Following the paradoxical logic of change, their best solution is to create their own topology. What is your personal “general line”? How do you feel about her? Under what conditions was it created? What is the scale of your life map and what is the meaning of its labels? And if your choice is not option “c” (there is no line, there is nothing at all, everything is chaos and darkness), then the answers to these (and similar) questions will help change your life over time. (Used painting by L. Freud)