Task paralysis
Task paralysis
I feel stuck
Between the dishes, laundry, fixing the truck
All my little projects
My messy yard.
My 3 project cars
My messy house
And my messy life
The gym, eating well
Getting a wife
This is all so hellish
I may as well sit and relish
In pure agony
Ignoring it all
Letting it pile until it falls
I can't take it anymore
So I do nothing
But I guess in a way nothing is something
Its a decision
Made with deep precision
To
do
nothing
So well written
This captures task paralysis with painful accuracy: not laziness, but the mind becoming overwhelmed by the total weight of everything at once.
I like the ending because it refuses the easy idea that doing nothing is the absence of choice. Here, it becomes the choice made when every other option feels too large to enter.
Simple, sharp, and very recognizable.