> and wait for my fridge to be stocked with the right food
This also relates to another human brain screwup I was talking to a friend about recently. They wanted to learn to do something but were waiting to take a class when there were all sorts of good free learning resources available for that skill. Sometimes your mind doesn't want to do something and you rationalize "okay I'll do it when I have X Y and Z" but really you're trying to ignore the fact that the only thing holding you back is that you really don't feel like putting that work in, and having the perfect workout or starting a class won't necessarily change that. Sometimes we need to tell our brains to shut up and just do the thing.
This is pretty strongly related to a desire for consumerism. Most of us constantly make the mistake of thinking "I'm going to buy X which will make me start doing Y" when we already have the tools to do Y even if they are somewhat limited. Really we should only be considering buying something when we are using what we have to the fullest extent but feel an upgrade would be an improvement.
This also relates to another human brain screwup I was talking to a friend about recently. They wanted to learn to do something but were waiting to take a class when there were all sorts of good free learning resources available for that skill. Sometimes your mind doesn't want to do something and you rationalize "okay I'll do it when I have X Y and Z" but really you're trying to ignore the fact that the only thing holding you back is that you really don't feel like putting that work in, and having the perfect workout or starting a class won't necessarily change that. Sometimes we need to tell our brains to shut up and just do the thing.