Unmotivated

(set: $mood to (either: "great", "good", "okay")) (set: $workCompleted to 0) It is the beginning of the week. Monday morning. You have a paper due for your (either: "BIO604: Lemur Mating Practices", "ENG569: The Writing of E.L. James", "PHL429: Socrates' Sex Life") class on Friday night. If you don't finish it by then, you'll surely fail the course. It's time to buckle up and get to work. You feel $mood. You've completed $workCompleted% of your paper. (textcolor: "#ffff66")[(either: "[[Slack off.|Slack off 1 - Monday Morning]]", "[[Slack off.|Slack off 2 - Monday Morning]]", "[[Slack off.|Slack off 3 - Monday Morning]]")] (if: $mood is "great" or "good")[(textcolor: "#ffff66")[(either: "[[Do work.|Do Work - Monday]]", "[[Do work.|Do Work - Monday]]", "[[Do work.|Do Work - Monday]]", "[[Do work.|Slack off work - Monday Morning]]", "[[Do work.|Slack off work - Monday Morning]]", "[[Do work.|Panic Attack - Monday Morning]]")]] (textcolor: "#ffff66")[[[Stay in bed.|Stay in bed - Monday Morning]]]

(set: $workCompletedToday to (random:5,10)) (set: $mood to (either: "good", "great")) (set: $workCompleted to $workCompleted + $workCompletedToday) In an incredible show of self-determination, you sit down at your desk and actually get some work done. You spend a few hours researching the affect of cascading tachyons on overlapping universes. It's all very interesting. You feel $mood. You did $workCompletedToday% in that time. You have completed $workCompleted% of your paper in total. (textcolor: "#ffff66")[[["What a good start."|Monday Afternoon]]]

It is now Monday afternoon. The sun sits high in the sky. Plenty of time to do some work. You feel $mood. You've completed $workCompleted% of your paper. (textcolor: "#ffff66")[(either: "[[Slack off|Slack off 1 - Monday Afternoon]]", "[[Slack off|Slack off 2 - Monday Afternoon]]", "[[Slack off|Slack off 3 - Monday Afternoon]]")] (if: $mood is "great" or "good" or "😶😶😶")[(textcolor: "#ffff66")[(either: "[[Do work|Do Work - Monday Afternoon]]", "[[Do work|Do Work - Monday Afternoon]]", "[[Do work|Do Work - Monday Afternoon]]", "[[Do work|Slack off work - Monday Afternoon]]", "[[Do work|Slack off work - Monday Afternoon]]", "[[Do work.|Panic Attack - Monday Afternoon]]")]] (textcolor: "#ffff66")[[[Get something to eat.|Get something to eat - Monday Afternoon]]]

It is now Monday evening. The sun is beginning to set. It's almost the end of the day. You feel $mood. You've completed $workCompleted% of your paper. (either: "[[Slack off.|Slack off 1 - Monday Evening]]", "[[Slack off.|Slack off 2 - Monday Evening]]", "[[Slack off.|Slack off 3 - Monday Evening]]") (if: $mood is "great" or "good" or "😶😶😶")[(either: "[[Do work.|Do Work - Monday Evening]]", "[[Do work.|Do Work - Monday Evening]]", "[[Do work.|Do Work - Monday Evening]]", "[[Do work.|Slack off work - Monday Evening]]", "[[Do work.|Slack off work - Monday Evening]]", "[[Do work.|Panic attack - Monday Evening]]")] [[Go home.|End of Monday - Early]]

You stay up late. The sun has completely settled behind the earth, and you're left in the inky black night. You look at your paper. You've completed $workCompleted%. [[Sit down and do the work.|All-Nighter - Monday]]

(set: $mood to "good") Even though you don't have much of a disposable income, you decide you're going to perform a bit of Information Age consumerism. You browse your favourite websites, glancing over the store pages of all manner of items. You purchase a fine food processor from Amazon. It'll be here by the end of the week! You feel $mood. (textcolor: "#ffff66")[[["I'm really excited for this food processor."|Monday Evening]]]

(set: $mood to "good") You mind drifts off in an unproductive stupor. Alone with your thoughts, you consider the things you've done and the people you've met. You relive your whole life in a serious of hazy vignettes, and in all of them you find something to regret. You begin counting, and find your regrets number in the thousands, varying from small annoyances to deeply embarrassing encounters. You feel $mood now. (textcolor: "#ffff66")[[["I won't be doing that again."|Monday Evening]]]

(set: $mood to "good") Your vision narrows on the carpet below you. It's grey, with black and white flecks. How unoffensive. You watch it for a long while, counting the variations and finding a pattern in it's manufacturing. You imagine you could probably reproduce this carpet if you needed too. If the world ended and you were one of the few survivors, you figure that, with the right materials, you could recreate this carpet and bring some semblance of the old world back into your life. You feel $mood now. (textcolor: "#ffff66")[[["It's always good to be prepared."|Monday Evening]]]

(set: $workCompletedToday to (random:5,10)) (set: $mood to (either: "good", "great")) (set: $workCompleted to $workCompleted + $workCompletedToday) You put your head down and get to work. You manage to write a whole paragraph, complete with citations and one perfectly executed block quote *with* a relevant extrapolation. Wow. You feel $mood. You completed $workCompletedToday% of your paper in that time. You have completed $workCompleted% of your paper in total. (textcolor: #ffff66)[[["Onward to victory."|Monday Evening]]]

(set: $mood to "good") Work just isn't what you want to do now. You try to get some thoughts down, but you actually really want to listen to Weezer's 1994 debut album. You pull it up on Spotify, and sing to the whole thing. You feel $mood now. (textcolor: "#ffff66")[[["Weee-oooh, I look just like Buddy Holly."|Monday Evening]]]

(set: $mood to "good") You got to YouTube. There's a new upload, *BakedOpposum* made a video on "How to be Productive". This is obviously knowledge you can use. Instead of working on your paper, you watch the video, nodding in agreeance the whole time. You feel $mood now. [["Well, that was productive. I should keep working."|Monday Night]] [["I'm just going to go home."|End of Monday - Early]]

(set: $mood to "good") You don't feel hungry, but you could eat. You could always eat. You roam the area, snacking on all manner of goods. Not all of them edible. Now you're full, and now you can't eat. You feel $mood. [["I should keep working."|Monday Night]] [["I'm just going to go home."|End of Monday - Early]]

(set: $mood to "good") You fire off a few messages to an old friend. To your glee, they reply back. You spend a few hours chatting. They've graduated from school. They're working as the person who decides how many windows apartment buildings get to have. They make enough to afford a nice place in Waterloo. You couldn't live in Waterloo. You feel $mood now. [["I should keep working."|Monday Night]] [["I'm just going to go home."|End of Monday - Early]]

(set: $workCompletedToday to (random:5,10)) (set: $mood to (either: "good", "great")) (set: $workCompleted to $workCompleted + $workCompletedToday) You spend several hours making a decent "Works Cited" page. It's alphabetical. It's indented. It's double-spaced. Man, it's got everything. You feel $mood. You did $workCompletedToday% of you paper in that time. You have completed $workCompleted% of your paper in total. [["I should keep working."|Monday Night]] [["That's enough for today."|End of Monday - Early]]

(set: $mood to "good") You can't write that paper right now. You could try some poetry though. You haven't written poetry since high school. *April is the cruellest month, breeding Lilacs out of the dead land, mixing Memory and desire, sti-* Wait, you're just writing C.S. Lewis. You feel $mood now. [["I should stay and work."|Monday Night]] [["I'm just going to go home."|End of Monday - Early]]

(set: $mood to "good") You don't really feel like writing right now, so you decide to spend your morning playing with handpuppets. You pull them on your hands and act out an emotional sequence between two lovers. (either: "Bill", "Ingrid") can't seperate work from their personal life. (either: "Winston", "Mona") can't bare to mention that they've fallen out of love. It's heartbreaking. You feel $mood now. (textcolor: "#ffff66")[[["The sun is in the sky."|Monday Afternoon]]]

(set: $mood to "good") You figure you can get some writing down later. It's only Monday morning after all. You sit at your desk and pick up a pen. You twist off the end and watch the ink chamber fall out from its brass tube casing. You seperate all the bits on your desk, like an archaeologist would the remains of an ancient *Homo Erectus*. A few hours later, you'd deconstructed most of your furniture. Your apartment is now a museum, showcasing the inner workings of modern artifacts. You feel $mood now. (textcolor: "#ffff66")[[["That was a good use of my time."|Monday Afternoon]]]

(set: $mood to "good") You figure you can get started on that paper later. You decide you're going to browse *Facebook*. That's a good use of your time. The feed isn't what it used to be. You scroll down, expecting to hear and see interesting and novel things about people's lives. Instead, one of your classmates has shared another Tasty video. You watch it, the disembodied hands and downward-pointed camera temporarily replacing your own body. You make a Chocolate-Ripple Cheesecake. It looks delicious. You feel $mood now. (textcolor: "#ffff66")[[["Time flies when you're having fun."|Monday Afternoon]]]

(set: $mood to "good") You sit down to work, but the concept of actually writing right now seems really dull. You sit in front of an empty Word document, playing with the clasp of your watch. You take it off, admiring the way the leather dug into your skin, leaving a deep divot on your wrist. You put it back on again, trying a looser setting, but the watch just dangles on the base of your hand. You do this for several hours. You feel $mood now. (textcolor: "#ffff66")[[["Oh well. It's still early."|Monday Afternoon]]]

(set: $mood to (either: "tired","angry","😶😶😶")) A deep well settles in your chest, then closes. You feel an unbearable, incredible tightness suffocating you. Why did you leave it so long? How could you possibly do this task with only a weeks time? You feel hopeless. You can't work like this. You spend the morning searching for a purpose. You now feel $mood. (textcolor: "#ffff66")[[["Why do I even try?"|Monday Afternoon]]]

(set: $mood to (either: "good","great","tired")) It's only Monday morning, and mornings are for sleeping. You silence your phone, and pull the covers over your head. The pillows form a perfect halo of comfort around you as you drift lazily in and out of sleep. You sleep through the morning, and into the afternoon. You feel $mood now. (textcolor: "#ffff66")[[["Oh well."|Monday Afternoon]]]

(set: $mood to (either: "tired","angry","😶😶😶")) Your mind floods with visions of a mountain. It's massive and made completely out of the work you have to do. It's unsurmountable. You'll surely die before you reach the summit. You feel $mood. (textcolor: "#ffff66")[[["Can I do this?"|Monday Evening]]]

(set: $mood to (either:"great","good")) Hey, it's lunch time. You can't work on an empty stomach. You walk up Yonge street and go grab a slice. Pizza, how 'university student budget' of you. You feel $mood now. (textcolor: "#ffff66")[[["Let's get to work."|Monday Evening]]]

(set: $mood to (either: "tired","angry","😶😶😶")) You can't stand to think about work right now. You wildly look around for an escape. You're surrounded by windows, and you could probably just jump out of them. There's no work on the otherside of those. You feel $mood. (textcolor: "#ffff66")[[["I'm going home. I'm going home. I'm going home."|End of Monday - Early]]]

It is the end of Monday. You completed $workCompleted% of your paper. You have four more days. [[Go to sleep.|Tuesday Morning]]

(set: $workCompletedToday to (random:5,10)) (set: $workCompleted to $workCompleted + $workCompletedToday) You spend all night working. The hours pass quickly as you start to lose sense of time. You enter a dreamy trance, and the words pour incoherently from your finger tips, across the keyboard, and into the word document. You did $workCompletedToday% in that time. You have completed $workCompleted% of your paper in total. [[Go home (finally).|Tuesday Morning After All-Nighter]]

By the time you get home, the sun is up. You leave your bag at the door and crawl into bed. [[Sleep half the day.|Tuesday Afternoon]]

It is now Tuesday afternoon. The sun sits high in the sky. Plenty of time to do some work. You feel $mood. You've completed $workCompleted% of your paper. (textcolor: "#ffff66")[(either: "[[Slack off|Slack off 1 - Tuesday Afternoon]]", "[[Slack off|Slack off 2 - Tuesday Afternoon]]", "[[Slack off|Slack off 3 - Tuesday Afternoon]]")] (if: $mood is "great" or "good" or "😶😶😶")[(textcolor: "#ffff66")[(either: "[[Do work|Do Work - Tuesday Afternoon]]", "[[Do work|Do Work - Tuesday Afternoon]]", "[[Do work|Do Work - Tuesday Afternoon]]", "[[Do work|Slack off work - Tuesday Afternoon]]", "[[Do work|Slack off work - Tuesday Afternoon]]", "[[Do work.|Panic Attack - Tuesday Afternoon]]")]] (textcolor: "#ffff66")[[[Get something to eat.|Get something to eat - Tuesday Afternoon]]]

It is Tuesday morning. You feel $mood. You've completed $workCompleted% of your paper. (textcolor: "#ffff66")[(either: "[[Slack off.|Slack off 1 - Tuesday Morning]]", "[[Slack off.|Slack off 2 - Tuesday Morning]]", "[[Slack off.|Slack off 3 - Tuesday Morning]]")] (if: $mood is "great" or "good" or "😶😶😶")[(textcolor: "#ffff66")[(either: "[[Do work.|Do Work - Tuesday Morning]]", "[[Do work.|Do Work - Tuesday Morning]]", "[[Do work.|Do Work - Tuesday Morning]]", "[[Do work.|Slack off work - Tuesday Morning]]", "[[Do work.|Slack off work - Tuesday Morning]]", "[[Do work.|Panic Attack - Tuesday Morning]]")]] (textcolor: "#ffff66")[[[Stay in bed.|Stay in bed - Tuesday Morning]]]

(set: $mood to "good") You can't work without a good playlist. Why even bother without one. You spend the morning building a playlist with all the best music. It's got everything: melodic Bavarian hip-hop, post-breakbeat, trashcore. You feel $mood now. (textcolor: "#ffff66")[[["This'll help."|Tuesday Afternoon]]]

(set: $mood to "good") Your attention turns to the sky outside. You watch the morning sun separate the night clouds. The sun hurts your eyes. You feel $mood now. (textcolor: "#ffff66")[[["I shouldn't look at the sun."|Tuesday Afternoon]]]

(set: $mood to "good") Your head turns up and you stare at the ceiling. It's a popcorn ceiling, a bit dated. It looks just like your parent's house's ceiling. You remember when you used to lie in bed in the morning and watch the ceiling, dreading the thought of going to school in one short hour. You feel $mood now. (textcolor: "#ffff66")[[["It's behind me."|Tuesday Afternoon]]]

(set: $workCompletedToday to (random:5,10)) (set: $mood to (either: "good", "great")) (set: $workCompleted to $workCompleted + $workCompletedToday) You spend the morning researching. You collect the name of several distinguished academics who all agree on one thing: you are right. You've got proof too, and you quote them relentlessly in your paper. You feel $mood. You did $workCompletedToday% in that time. You have completed $workCompleted% of your paper in total. (textcolor: "#ffff66")[[["This'll be done in no time."|Tuesday Afternoon]]]

(set: $mood to "good") You try to work, but nothing's coming out. A song comes on that you used to listen to in high school. You follow the genealogy of your sixteen-year-old musical taste, dancing from one song to another in a torrent of numb nostalgia. You feel $mood now. (textcolor: "#ffff66")[[["I miss this music."|Tuesday Afternoon]]]

(set: $mood to (either: "tired","angry","😶😶😶")) You can't do it. There's too much to do. You're going to fail the course and there's nothing you can do it about. Give up now and don't waste your time. You can do better things with it. You feel $mood. (textcolor: "#ffff66")[[["Why do I even try?"|Tuesday Afternoon]]]

(set: $mood to (either: "good","great","tired")) It's only Tuesday morning, and mornings are for sleeping. You silence your phone, and pull the covers over your head. The pillows form a perfect halo of comfort around you as you drift lazily in and out of sleep. You sleep through the morning, and into the afternoon. You feel $mood now. (textcolor: "#ffff66")[[["Oh well."|Tuesday Afternoon]]]

(set: $mood to "good") You open up your phone and scroll through the camera roll. You must have at least three years worth of memories burned into the microchip of this device. How did people cope before cameras. You find a set of pictures that remind you some good times with friends. A road trip in the summer. It's cliché, but it was a good time. You feel $mood now. (textcolor: "#ffff66")[[["We should do that again sometime."|Tuesday Evening]]]

(set: $mood to "good") You browse the internet looking for anything interesting. Reddit, Tumblr, Twitter, the works. You settle on YouTube, an old favourite, and an old man with a camera and a brush moustache explains to you the intricacies of HVAC. You feel like you've learned a lot. You feel $mood now. (textcolor: "#ffff66")[[["Maybe I can do that for a living."|Tuesday Evening]]]

(set: $mood to "good") Your chair squeaks. How annoying. You get down on your knees, fiddling with bolts. In a few hours, you've taken apart the whole thing. You can build it better, stronger. You spend another few hours putting it back together. It squeaks just the same. You feel $mood now. (textcolor: "#ffff66")[[[Onward.|Tuesday Evening]]]

(set: $mood to "good") You don't want to work on the paper right now. You're going to make a Twine game. How meta of you. You spend a few hours watching tutorials on how to use scripts before getting bored. This is like computer programming, and that's too hard. You feel $mood now. (textcolor: "#ffff66")[[["What would I even make a game about anyway?"|Tuesday Evening]]]

(set: $mood to (either: "tired","angry","😶😶😶")) You've been at this for too long. The responsibility of the situation feel likes a harsh gaze. You can't perform like this, with all this pressure on your shoulders. You feel $mood. (textcolor: "#ffff66")[[["I need to collect myself."|Tuesday Evening]]]

It is now Tuesday evening. The sun is beginning to set. It's almost the end of the day. You feel $mood. You've completed $workCompleted% of your paper. (either: "[[Slack off.|Slack off 1 - Tuesday Evening]]", "[[Slack off.|Slack off 2 - Tuesday Evening]]", "[[Slack off.|Slack off 3 - Tuesday Evening]]") (if: $mood is "great" or "good" or "😶😶😶")[(either: "[[Do work.|Do Work - Tuesday Evening]]", "[[Do work.|Do Work - Tuesday Evening]]", "[[Do work.|Do Work - Tuesday Evening]]", "[[Do work.|Slack off work - Tuesday Evening]]", "[[Do work.|Slack off work - Tuesday Evening]]", "[[Do work.|Panic attack - Tuesday Evening]]")] [[Go home.|End of Tuesday - Early]]

(set: $mood to "good") You stick your foot out. Underneath your boot and in your socks, you can feel the wiggling of your toes. You reach down and pull off your boot and peel off your sock. Why is the pinkie toe so small? You watch it move for a while, admiring the mechanics of your body. You feel $mood. [["Well, that was productive. I should keep working."|Tuesday Night]] [["I'm just going to go home."|End of Tuesday - Early]]

(set: $mood to "good") You notice your phone pop up with a notification. There's an update ready for *Bean Counter*, your bean counting app. You unlock your phone and go through the motions, watching the small progress bar fill. It finishes, and you smile. You decide you might as well check to make sure everything else is up to date. You feel $mood now. [["Well, that was productive. I should keep working."|Tuesday Night]] [["I'm just going to go home."|End of Tuesday - Early]]

(set: $mood to "good") Your mind wanders to a far off place. It's like Medieval Europe, except all the people are actually robots. It sounds really cool. You imagine all the automaton kingdoms they would have: The Clockwork Empire, The Diesel Confederacy, The Digital Sultanate. You think you'll probably write a popular young adult series about it someday. You feel $mood now. [["Well, that was productive. I should keep working."|Tuesday Night]] [["I'm just going to go home."|End of Tuesday - Early]]

(set: $mood to "good") You want to work, but you can't help but notice your gut. Wow, it's been a while since you've been to the gym. You search for workout plans, deciding that next week you are going to go the gym and finally become peak physical form. You feel $mood now. [["I should stay and work."|Tuesday Night]] [["I'm just going to go home."|End of Tuesday - Early]]

(set: $mood to (either: "tired","angry","😶😶😶")) The goal couldn't seem farther away. How are you supposed to do this in that amount of time? You panic and shut your laptop. Why did you do that? Calm down. You can't. You should leave. You feel $mood. (textcolor: "#ffff66")[[["I need to go home."|End of Tuesday - Early]]]

It is the end of Tuesday. You completed $workCompleted% of your paper. You have three more days. [[Go to sleep.|Wednesday Morning]]

By the time you get home, the sun is up. You leave your bag at the door and crawl into bed. [[Sleep half the day.|Wednesday Afternoon]]

It is Wednesday morning. You feel $mood. You've completed $workCompleted% of your paper. (textcolor: "#b3b300")[(either: "[[Slack off.|Slack off 1 - Wednesday Morning]]", "[[Slack off.|Slack off 2 - Wednesday Morning]]", "[[Slack off.|Slack off 3 - Wednesday Morning]]")] (if: $mood is "great" or "good" or "😶😶😶")[(textcolor: "#b3b300")[(either: "[[Do work.|Do Work - Wednesday Morning]]", "[[Do work.|Do Work - Wednesday Morning]]", "[[Do work.|Do Work - Wednesday Morning]]", "[[Do work.|Slack off work - Wednesday Morning]]", "[[Do work.|Slack off work - Wednesday Morning]]", "[[Do work.|Panic Attack - Wednesday Morning]]")]] (textcolor: "#b3b300")[[[Stay in bed.|Stay in bed - Wednesday Morning]]]

(set: $mood to "good") You lean back in your chair. Your mind wanders to the range of topics you could consider. Through multiple, internal anecdotes, you end up wondering what life would be like as a rat. You scurry through the cavernous passage, silent except for the pattering of your tiny claws and the clicking of your crooked snout. The sounds reverberate against the concrete walls of the subway tunnel. In the distance, a train thunders against the tracks, threatening to barrel past at any moment. You duck into a nearby hole to escape. You feel $mood now. (textcolor: "#b3b300")[[[You imitate a rat's squealing.|Wednesday Afternoon]]]

(set: $mood to "good") Hey, why are you single? Yes, that's the time to do this. You spend a few hours counting the relationships you've had, and then the reasons they ended. You're surprised to find they, in general, all your fault. You start to consider why it is you're single now. It's just not the time. You don't have time. Maybe you could make the time if you weren't so busy. You feel $mood now. (textcolor: "#b3b300")[[["Maybe next week."|Wednesday Afternoon]]]

(set: $mood to "good") You lean your head back and look up to the ceiling. How many friends do you have? Well, there's a lot of them. Especially if you count old ones. Should you count old ones? How long can you go without talking to someone before they stop being a "friend". You feel $mood now. (textcolor: "#b3b300")[[["At least a year. Gotta be."|Wednesday Afternoon]]]

(set: $mood to "good") You want to work, you really do, but you can't take your mind off what happened the other day. Someone said something you thought was wrong. At the time you just ignored it, but you need to resolve this now. If you were ready to tackle the question, you would've said this. It would've been refutable and the person would've no doubt been stumped. Wow, you're so smart. You feel $mood now. (textcolor: "#b3b300")[[["I'll know what to say for next time."|Wednesday Afternoon]]]

(set: $mood to (either: "tired","angry","😶😶😶")) A deep well settles in your chest, then closes. You feel an unbearable, incredible tightness suffocating you. Why did you leave it so long? How could you possibly do this task with only a weeks time? You feel hopeless. You can't work like this. You spend the morning searching for a purpose. You now feel $mood. (textcolor: "#b3b300")[[["Why do I even try?"|Wednesday Afternoon]]]

(set: $mood to (either: "good","great","tired")) It's only Wednesday morning, and mornings are for sleeping. You silence your phone, and pull the covers over your head. The pillows form a perfect halo of comfort around you as you drift lazily in and out of sleep. You sleep through the morning, and into the afternoon. You feel $mood now. (textcolor: "#b3b300")[[["Oh well."|Wednesday Afternoon]]]

It is now Wednesday afternoon. The sun sits high in the sky. Plenty of time to do some work. You feel $mood. You've completed $workCompleted% of your paper. (textcolor: "#b3b300")[(either: "[[Slack off|Slack off 1 - Wednesday Afternoon]]", "[[Slack off|Slack off 2 - Wednesday Afternoon]]", "[[Slack off|Slack off 3 - Wednesday Afternoon]]")] (if: $mood is "great" or "good" or "😶😶😶")[(textcolor: "#b3b300")[(either: "[[Do work|Do Work - Wednesday Afternoon]]", "[[Do work|Do Work - Wednesday Afternoon]]", "[[Do work|Do Work - Wednesday Afternoon]]", "[[Do work|Slack off work - Wednesday Afternoon]]", "[[Do work|Slack off work - Wednesday Afternoon]]", "[[Do work.|Panic Attack - Wednesday Afternoon]]")]] (textcolor: "#b3b300")[[[Get something to eat.|Get something to eat - Wednesday Afternoon]]]

(set: $mood to "good") Your eyes meet the laptop camera infront of you. It's kinda scary, like an eye that never blinks. You stare into it for a long time. Is there someone watching on the otherside? Have you updated your antivirus? Your anti-malware? You remember reading an article that said even Mark Zuckerberg put tape over his laptop camera. Apparently, he put it over the little mic-hole too. You glance nervous to the tiny mic-hole next to the camera. You feel $good now. (textcolor: "#b3b300")[[["I think I have electrical tape somewhere."|Wednesday Evening]]]

(set: $workCompletedToday to (random:5,10)) (set: $mood to (either: "good", "great")) (set: $workCompleted to $workCompleted + $workCompletedToday) You make an outline. You should've done this before you started. On a scrap piece of paper, you jot down shorthand points and questions. All you need to do is make those points worth a paragraph each, instead of badly-written one-liners. Easy. Too easy. You feel $mood. You did $workCompletedToday% in that time. You have completed $workCompleted% of your paper in total. (textcolor: "#ffff66")[[["Almost there."|Tuesday Evening]]]

(set: $workCompletedToday to (random:5,10)) (set: $mood to (either: "good", "great")) (set: $workCompleted to $workCompleted + $workCompletedToday) You spend the evening going over your professor's slides. You remember that they mentioned a theorist named Clydesdale whose thoughts on the importance of corn to civilization are important to your argument. You feel $mood. You did $workCompletedToday% of you paper in that time. You have completed $workCompleted% of your paper in total. [["I should keep working."|Tuesday Night]] [["That's enough for today."|End of Tuesday - Early]]

(set: $workCompletedToday to (random:5,10)) (set: $mood to (either: "good", "great")) (set: $workCompleted to $workCompleted + $workCompletedToday) In an incredible show of self-determination, you sit down at your desk and actually get some work done. You spend a few hours researching the affect of cascading tachyons on overlapping universes. It's all very interesting. You feel $mood. You did $workCompletedToday% in that time. You have completed $workCompleted% of your paper in total. (textcolor: "#b3b300")[[["What a good start."|Wednesday Afternoon]]]

(set: $mood to "good") You lace your fingers together and push them out. There is a satisfying pop from each and every joint. You remember when you were young and they said you shouldn't do that because it puts air bubbles in your joints and that can cause arthritis. But then you remember when you read that it actually is good for you and prevents arthritis. Apparently, the sound of the popping is actually nitrogen coming out of the joints. You feel $mood now. (textcolor: "#b3b300")[[["Nitrogen? Really?"|Wednesday Evening]]]

(set: $mood to "good") You hop on the internet. Time to surf. What could you possibly want to surf for? Porn. That's what you want right now. You go to Tumblr. That's where all the classy porn is. It's more like art really. You aren't a pervert. You beginning perusing the naked bodies on display. That's good. You follow a few of the blogs. You feel $mood now. (textcolor: "#b3b300")[[["I'll be revisiting this."|Wednesday Evening]]]

(set: $mood to "good") You want to work, but your back is killing you. You've probably been sitting for too long. You try a few different things: you use the back of the chair to bend your back, you twist left and right, you lay down on the ground and get a stranger to step on you. At some point, you're hanging upside down from the roof, with a rope you've braided from towels. You heard somewhere that this is good for your posture. You feel $mood now. (textcolor: "#b3b300")[[["How did this even happen?"|Wednesday Evening]]]

It is now Wednesday evening. The sun is beginning to set. It's almost the end of the day. You feel $mood. You've completed $workCompleted% of your paper. (either: "[[Slack off.|Slack off 1 - Wednesday Evening]]", "[[Slack off.|Slack off 2 - Wednesday Evening]]", "[[Slack off.|Slack off 3 - Wednesday Evening]]") (if: $mood is "great" or "good" or "😶😶😶")[(either: "[[Do work.|Do Work - Wednesday Evening]]", "[[Do work.|Do Work - Wednesday Evening]]", "[[Do work.|Do Work - Wednesday Evening]]", "[[Do work.|Slack off work - Wednesday Evening]]", "[[Do work.|Slack off work - Wednesday Evening]]", "[[Do work.|Panic attack - Wednesday Evening]]")] [[Go home.|End of Wednesday - Early]]

(set: $mood to "good") You feel a pain in your chest. Ow. You feel it again a little hard. Ow ow. What could this possibly be? You give yourself a hard smack on the chest. It still kind of hurts. You turn to the internet, describing your condition as best as you could: "chest pain". You make a shortlist of things that could be wrong with you, any one of them plausible. The chest pain is gone now, but you'll take these to your doctor next chance you get. You feel $mood now. [["Well, that was productive. I should keep working."|Wednesday Night]] [["I'm just going to go home."|End of Wednesday - Early]]

(set: $mood to "good") You lean your head back in thought. You put your hands back behind your head. You had a high school teacher who used to teach like this. He leaned backward and addressed the class from the most relaxed positon possible in an office chair from the 1940s. He might've been your favourite; you can't quite remember why though. You feel $mood now. [["Well, that was productive. I should keep working."|Wednesday Night]] [["I'm just going to go home."|End of Wednesday - Early]]

(set: $mood to "good") You go into the kitchen and open the fridge. Then you close it. Then you open it. Then you close it. You're not quite sure why you're doing this. You feel $mood now. [["Well, that was productive. I should keep working."|Wednesday Night]] [["I'm just going to go home."|End of Wednesday - Early]]

(set: $workCompletedToday to (random:5,10)) (set: $mood to (either: "good", "great")) (set: $workCompleted to $workCompleted + $workCompletedToday) You spend several hours making a decent "Works Cited" page. It's alphabetical. It's indented. It's double-spaced. Man, it's got everything. You feel $mood. You did $workCompletedToday% of you paper in that time. You have completed $workCompleted% of your paper in total. [["I should keep working."|Wednesday Night]] [["That's enough for today."|End of Wednesday - Early]]

(set: $mood to "good") You sit in front of the computer, staring at the Word document. You take a sip from your water bottle. And another. Now you need to go to the bathroom, so you do. You get back and take another sip of your water bottle. You refill it, then drink it all again. Then you go to the bathroom... again. You can't seem to focus on the work. You feel $mood now, though. [["I should stay and work."|Wednesday Night]] [["I'm just going to go home."|End of Wednesday - Early]]

(set: $mood to (either: "tired","angry","😶😶😶")) You can't stand to think about work right now. You wildly look around for an escape. You're surrounded by windows, and you could probably just jump out of them. There's no work on the otherside of those. You feel $mood. [["I'm going home. I'm going home. I'm going home."|End of Wednesday - Early]]

It is the end of Wednesday. You completed $workCompleted% of your paper. You have two more days. [[Go to sleep.|Thursday Morning]]

It is Thursday morning. You feel $mood. You've completed $workCompleted% of your paper. (textcolor: "#b3b300")[(either: "[[Slack off.|Slack off 1 - Thursday Morning]]", "[[Slack off.|Slack off 2 - Thursday Morning]]", "[[Slack off.|Slack off 3 - Thursday Morning]]")] (if: $mood is "great" or "good" or "😶😶😶")[(textcolor: "#b3b300")[(either: "[[Do work.|Do Work - Thursday Morning]]", "[[Do work.|Do Work - Thursday Morning]]", "[[Do work.|Do Work - Thursday Morning]]", "[[Do work.|Slack off work - Thursday Morning]]", "[[Do work.|Slack off work - Thursday Morning]]", "[[Do work.|Panic Attack - Thursday Morning]]")]] (textcolor: "#b3b300")[[[Stay in bed.|Stay in bed - Thursday Morning]]]

(set: $mood to "good") You imagine a perfect world. You can build this. If it weren't for the current establishment, utopia would no longer be fiction. You imagine yourself at the front of a large group of people, waving a flag. You imagine yourself standing on a podium, shouting inspiratorial words into a mic. You could change the world. You feel $mood now. (textcolor: "#b3b300")[[["I'm going to lead a revolution."|Thursday Afternoon]]]

(set: $mood to "good") You glance at your phone. No messages. You glance at it again. No messages. You glance at it again. No messages. You glance at it again. It's the group chat. You don't have anything funny to say. You clear the message. You glance at your phone. No messages. You feel $mood now. (textcolor: "#b3b300")[[["I wish someone would talk to me."|Thursday Afternoon]]]

(set: $mood to "good") You glance down at the floor. You begin counting the tiles. One, two, three... Forty-seven, forty-eight, forty-ni- Wait, if the tile is cut in half, does it count as a whole one? You feel $mood now. (textcolor: "#b3b300")[[["Yeah, it counts as a whole one."|Thursday Afternoon]]]

(set: $workCompletedToday to (random:5,10)) (set: $mood to (either: "good", "great")) (set: $workCompleted to $workCompleted + $workCompletedToday) You spend the morning researching. You collect the name of several distinguished academics who all agree on one thing: you are right. You've got proof too, and you quote them relentlessly in your paper. You feel $mood. You did $workCompletedToday% in that time. You have completed $workCompleted% of your paper in total. (textcolor: "#b3b300")[[["This'll be done in no time."|Thursday Afternoon]]]

(set: $mood to "good") You sigh, picking up your phone. You just want to check something before you get started. You open up the settings on your phone, glancing through the option in boredom. You decide to check on the storage capacity and find its almost full. You spend the next few hours deciding which apps to delete, and which pictures to keep. You feel $mood now. (textcolor: "#b3b300")[[["That should do it for now."|Thursday Afternoon]]]

(set: $mood to (either: "tired","angry","😶😶😶")) You can't do it. There's too much to do. You're going to fail the course and there's nothing you can do it about. Give up now and don't waste your time. You can do better things with it. You feel $mood. (textcolor: "#b3b300")[[["Why do I even try?"|Thursday Afternoon]]]

(set: $mood to (either: "good","okay","tired")) It's only Thursday morning, and mornings are for sleeping. You silence your phone, and pull the covers over your head. The pillows form a perfect halo of comfort around you as you drift lazily in and out of sleep. You sleep through the morning, and into the afternoon. You feel $mood now. (textcolor: "#b3b300")[[["Oh well."|Thursday Afternoon]]]

It is now Thursday afternoon. The sun sits high in the sky. Plenty of time to do some work. You feel $mood. You've completed $workCompleted% of your paper. (textcolor: "#b3b300")[(either: "[[Slack off|Slack off 1 - Thursday Afternoon]]", "[[Slack off|Slack off 2 - Thursday Afternoon]]", "[[Slack off|Slack off 3 - Thursday Afternoon]]")] (if: $mood is "great" or "good" or "😶😶😶")[(textcolor: "#b3b300")[(either: "[[Do work|Do Work - Thursday Afternoon]]", "[[Do work|Do Work - Thursday Afternoon]]", "[[Do work|Do Work - Thursday Afternoon]]", "[[Do work|Slack off work - Thursday Afternoon]]", "[[Do work|Slack off work - Thursday Afternoon]]", "[[Do work.|Panic Attack - Thursday Afternoon]]")]] (textcolor: "#b3b300")[[[Get something to eat.|Get something to eat - Thursday Afternoon]]]

(set: $mood to "good") You wander into your living room, noticing how cluttered and badly designed it is. You decide that you're going to fix this now. You start moving the couch, and you rotate the table. You put the TV here, and the bookshelves there. Pretty soon, you have a new living room. You feel $mood now. (textcolor: "#b3b300")[[["Looks good."|Thursday Evening]]]

(set: $mood to "good") You pull on your boots and shrug on your jacket. You take the elevator down and you step outside. It's autumn, late autumn where it's basically winter, but it's autumn. Your head shrinks into the collar of your jacket as you begin to wander towards the nearby park. Cars fly past, sending gusts of cool wind at you while you walk. You finally get to the park, where you watch a naked willow tree. You feel $mood now. (textcolor: "#b3b300")[[["Why did I come outside?"|Thursday Evening]]]

(set: $mood to "good") You've had enough of this life. It's nothing but a cycle of disappointment, so you decide you're going to change that. You know what's good in life, and you're going to chase that no matter the cost. That's how someone should live their life. This is your foolproof philosophy now, and you're going to apply it. You feel $mood now. (textcolor: "#b3b300")[[["I'm a new person next week."|Thursday Evening]]]

(set: $mood to "good") You want to start writing, but you need to find the right song first. It can't have any lyrics, because voices mess up your words. You can't listen to that album, you already listened to the whole thing yesterday. You keep hitting the next song button, hoping at some point inspiration will strike you. You feel $mood now. (textcolor: "#b3b300")[[["Not that one. Not that one."|Thursday Evening]]]

(set: $mood to (either: "tired","angry","😶😶😶")) You've been at this for too long. The responsibility of the situation feel likes a harsh gaze. You can't perform like this, with all this pressure on your shoulders. You feel $mood. (textcolor: "#b3b300")[[["I need to collect myself."|Thursday Evening]]]

It is now Thursday evening. The sun is beginning to set. It's almost the end of the day. You feel $mood. You've completed $workCompleted% of your paper. (either: "[[Slack off.|Slack off 1 - Thursday Evening]]", "[[Slack off.|Slack off 2 - Thursday Evening]]", "[[Slack off.|Slack off 3 - Thursday Evening]]") (if: $mood is "great" or "good" or "😶😶😶")[(either: "[[Do work.|Do Work - Thursday Evening]]", "[[Do work.|Do Work - Thursday Evening]]", "[[Do work.|Do Work - Thursday Evening]]", "[[Do work.|Slack off work - Thursday Evening]]", "[[Do work.|Slack off work - Thursday Evening]]", "[[Do work.|Panic attack - Thursday Evening]]")] [[Go home.|End of Thursday - Early]]

(set: $mood to "good") You look down at your arms. Eugh, they are so hairy. You wonder if you should shave them. If you shaved them they'll be smoother. People might like you more. But if you shave them, you might also get in-grown hairs. Those hurt. You don't want those. You feel $mood now. [["Well, that was productive. I should keep working."|Thursday Night]] [["I'm just going to go home."|End of Thursday - Early]]

(set: $mood to "good") What do people even do for fun? You want to have fun right now. You could try setting up a Pinterest account? People still use Pinterest, right? You go to Pinterest; it's still there. You set up an account and begin pinning. You're pin-mad. It's all the thing you like, pinned in one place so you can go back and like them all over again. You're probably never coming back here. You feel $mood now. [["Well, that was productive. I should keep working."|Thursday Night]] [["I'm just going to go home."|End of Thursday - Early]]

(set: $mood to "good") You take up a piece of paper. You fold it once, then twice. You keep folding it. You remember learning how to fold paper stars in summer camp, so you make one of those. Soon enough you've got a few small paper stars. You keep making more of them. You start feeling like that little Japanese kid who folded all those paper cranes. You probably shouldn't feel like that; that's a very tragic story. You wonder if you're a bad person. You feel $mood now. [["Well, that was productive. I should keep working."|Thursday Night]] [["I'm just going to go home."|End of Thursday - Early]]

(set: $workCompletedToday to (random:5,10)) (set: $mood to (either: "good", "great")) (set: $workCompleted to $workCompleted + $workCompletedToday) You spend the evening going over your professor's slides. You remember that they mentioned a theorist named Clydesdale whose thoughts on the importance of corn to civilization are important to your argument. You feel $mood. You did $workCompletedToday% of you paper in that time. You have completed $workCompleted% of your paper in total. [["I should keep working."|Thursday Night]] [["That's enough for today."|End of Thursday - Early]]

(set: $mood to "good") You look down at your clothing, and you see a stray thread. You can't work like this. You've been told all your life to just cut stray threads and not pull on them unless you want to ruin your clothes, but you can't help yourself. You need to deal with this *right now* or you'll never get your work done. You feel $mood now. [["I should stay and work."|Thursday Night]] [["I'm just going to go home."|End of Thursday - Early]]

It is the end of Thursday. You completed $workCompleted% of your paper. You have one more day. [[Go to sleep.|Friday Morning]]

You stay up late. The sun has completely settled behind the earth, and you're left in the inky black night. You look at your paper. You've completed $workCompleted%. (either: "[[Do work all night.|All-Nighter - Thursday]]")

It is Friday morning. You feel $mood. You've completed $workCompleted% of your paper. (either: "[[Slack off.|Slack off 1 - Friday Morning]]", "[[Slack off.|Slack off 2 - Friday Morning]]", "[[Slack off.|Slack off 3 - Friday Morning]]") (if: $mood is "great" or "good" or "😶😶😶")[(either: "[[Do work.|Do Work - Friday Morning]]", "[[Do work.|Do Work - Friday Morning]]", "[[Do work.|Do Work - Friday Morning]]", "[[Do work.|Slack off work - Friday Morning]]", "[[Do work.|Slack off work - Friday Morning]]", "[[Do work.|Panic Attack - Friday Morning]]")]

(set: $mood to "😶😶😶") You start thinking about your future. You feel $mood. [["Soon."|Friday Afternoon]]

(set: $workCompletedToday to (random:5,10)) (set: $mood to "😶😶😶") (set: $workCompleted to $workCompleted + $workCompletedToday) You slam out a few paragraphs, your fingers dancing along the keyboard confidently. The only thing sharper than their mind are you arguments as you easily make some real progress on your paper. You did $workCompletedToday% in that time. You have completed $workCompleted% of your paper in total. [["Soon."|Friday Afternoon]]

(set: $mood to "😶😶😶") You think about your future instead. You feel $mood. [["Soon."|Friday Afternoon]]

(set: $mood to "😶😶😶") It's Friday. It's Friday. It's Friday. It's Friday. It's Friday. It's Friday. It's Friday. It's Friday. It's Friday. It's Friday. It's Friday. It's Friday. It's Friday. It's Friday. It's Friday. It's Friday. It's Friday. It's Friday. It's Friday. It's Friday. It's Friday. It's Friday. It's Friday. It's Friday. It's Friday. It's Friday. It's Friday. It's Friday. It's Friday. It's Friday. It's Friday. It's Friday. It's Friday. You feel $mood. [["Soon."|Friday Afternoon]]

It is now Friday afternoon. You feel $mood. You've completed $workCompleted% of your paper. (either: "[[Slack off|Slack off 1 - Friday Afternoon]]", "[[Slack off|Slack off 2 - Friday Afternoon]]", "[[Slack off|Slack off 3 - Friday Afternoon]]") (if: $mood is "great" or "good" or "😶😶😶")[(either: "[[Do work|Do Work - Friday Afternoon]]", "[[Do work|Do Work - Friday Afternoon]]", "[[Do work|Do Work - Friday Afternoon]]", "[[Do work|Slack off work - Friday Afternoon]]", "[[Do work|Slack off work - Friday Afternoon]]", "[[Do work.|Panic Attack - Friday Afternoon]]")]

(set: $mood to "😶😶😶") You start thinking about your past. You feel $mood. [["Soon."|Friday Evening]]

(set: $workCompletedToday to (random:5,10)) (set: $mood to "😶😶😶") (set: $workCompleted to $workCompleted + $workCompletedToday) You work tirelessly, constantly cross-referencing your sources and considering the outline you made. You rework your argument twelve whole times, each time better than the last. *It works like this*. *It works like that*. *It works like this sometimes, while it works like that other times*. *This and that are equal*. You completed $workCompletedToday% of your paper in that time. You have completed $workCompleted% of your paper in total. [["Soon."|Friday Evening]]

(set: $mood to "😶😶😶") You think about your past instead. You feel $mood. [["Soon."|Friday Evening]]

(set: $mood to "😶😶😶") Why. Why. Why. Why. Why. Why. Why. Why. Why. Why. Why. Why. Why. Why. Why. Why. Why. Why. Why. Why. Why. Why. Why. Why. Why. Why. Why. Why. Why. Why. Why. Why. Why. Why. Why. Why. Why. Why. Why. Why. Why. Why. Why. Why. Why. Why. Why. Why. Why. Why. Why. Why. Why. Why. Why. Why. Why. Why. Why. Why. Why. Why. Why. Why. Why. Why. Why. Why. Why. Why. Why. Why. Why. Why. Why. Why. Why. Why. Why. Why. Why. Why. Why. Why. Why. Why. Why. Why. Why. Why. You feel $mood. [["Soon."|Friday Evening]]

It is now Friday evening. You feel $mood. You've completed $workCompleted% of your paper. (either: "[[Slack off.|Slack off 1 - Friday Evening]]", "[[Slack off.|Slack off 2 - Friday Evening]]", "[[Slack off.|Slack off 3 - Friday Evening]]") (if: $mood is "great" or "good" or "😶😶😶")[(either: "[[Do work.|Do Work - Friday Evening]]", "[[Do work.|Do Work - Friday Evening]]", "[[Do work.|Do Work - Friday Evening]]", "[[Do work.|Slack off work - Friday Evening]]", "[[Do work.|Slack off work - Friday Evening]]", "[[Do work.|Panic attack - Friday Evening]]")]

(set: $mood to "😶😶😶") You're not sure what you're doing. You feel $mood. [[That's it.|The End]]

(set: $workCompletedToday to (random:5,10)) (set: $mood to "😶😶😶") (set: $workCompleted to $workCompleted + $workCompletedToday) You're screaming, because you're doing so good. You've never worked this hard in your life. You argue for everyone's right to atleast three birthday celebrations a year. You criticize the work of Mannersby and Derick Heidecker. Surely, this will be the greatest paper. You completed $workCompletedToday% of your paper in that time. You have completed $workCompleted% of your paper in total. [[That's it.|The End]]

(set: $mood to "😶😶😶") You're not sure what you're doing. You feel $mood. [[That's it.|The End]]

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(set: $AllDone to 100) It is Friday night. The project is due. (if: $workCompleted >= $AllDone) [Luckily, you have it all done! Easy peasy. [[Onto the next one.|Monday Morning]]] (elseif: $workCompleted <= $AllDone) [Your hands tremble. You feel like you're going to throw up. You haven't finished. You've only completed $workCompleted%. You try to consider your actions. You could beg the professor. You could break your own fingers. There is nothing you can do. That's the end of that. You're going to fail this class. Dread washes over you as you realized that you've not only wasted the week, but the whole semester and so much money. [["There's always the next assignment."|Monday Morning]] [["I've had enough of this."|True End]]]

By the time you get home, the sun is up. You leave your bag at the door and crawl into bed. [[Sleep half the day.|Thursday Afternoon]]

By the time you get home, the sun is up. You leave your bag at the door and crawl into bed. [[Sleep half the day.|Friday Afternoon]]

"I've had enough of this." You say to yourself. You pick up your laptop and throw across the room. You drop your notes down the garbage shute. You tear your textbooks in half. You take the time to throw each and everyone one of your pens off the balcony. You put your foot through your corkboard. You don't need any of this. It's all useless now. This is the only thing you've ever wanted to do. [[End it.]]

Welcome to *Unmotivated* <p>A game by Ryan Whitney</p> [[Let's get motivated.|Monday Morning]]

(textcolor: "#2e2e2e")[The end.]