Show Up Notes
Overthinking Is Delay In A Better Outfit
Saturday, September 12, 2026
You already know the next move. The research tab, the list, the 2 a.m. spiral — they are delay dressed as diligence.
Thinking that never leaves the chair is not thinking. It is stalling with better vocabulary. Four minutes of the thing you are avoiding beats another hour of preparing to want it.
This week’s move
Set a four-minute timer. Start the task you have been circling. When it rings, start another four.
On the desk
Meditations — notice it, then move.
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One move. What got made. The line I’m sitting with. No theatre.