#267 — May 30, 2026 by Evan Chen

Sometimes when I get busy enough, I feel like I enter this "survival mode" where I drop executive planning and instead just do:

import random

while not too_tired_to_work:
    next_task = random.choice(remaining_tasks)
    next_task.work_until_finished()

I don't like being in this state. It feels like I'm just running as fast as I can without stopping to breathe. Even the sleep between consecutive days doesn't feel like a break.