Inertia

[emperor]

This article really does describe the way I seem to work. I feel rather bad admitting that (which might be why it's on this blog...).

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[sashajwolf.livejournal.com]

I work quite a bit like that, too. I've felt a lot better about it since one of my friends, who is working on her PhD, suggested thinking of the unproductive time as "Part of the Work", since evidently our brains need it to get to the point of being productive. I have the feeling that a lot of subconscious stuff gets sorted out during those fallow times.