As bk mentions in his footnote, this googlebombs "staring into the abyss".
"Courage to tackle the unpleasant" doesn't have the same ring, however.
"Courage to tackle the unpleasant" doesn't have the same ring, however.
So I know why I'm procrastinating, I don't want to tackle a 4 Ugh chore right now. But I can plan. Tomorrow morning I'll be up for tackling a 10 Ugh chore, I can plan to do it then.
Sometimes we don't know the upper bound. The article mentions religious doubts, which can escalate to nihilism and despair. One cannot plan for that. No-one says: I'm too tired for nihilism and despair this evening, I'll do it tomorrow morning.
Abyss? The examples in the article have a feel of a scarily large upper bound, which we are putting off estimating. But we could estimate it, realize that we are not at the abyss, we are just facing a tough choice, and get on with it.
> The same thing we do every night, Kierkegaard. Nihilism and despair.