The fact is,/the monkey is the last creature/that should be in charge of decisions.
He thinks only about the present,/trying to maximize the pleasure of the current moment.
The monkey doesn’t understand the Rational Decision-Maker;/the Rational Decision-Maker doesn’t understand the monkey either.
Why would we continue jogging,/the monkey thinks,/when we could stop,/which would feel better?
Why would we practice that instrument/when it’s not fun?
He thinks humans are insane.
In the monkey world,/he eats when he is hungry,/sleeps when he is tired,/and doesn’t do anything difficult.
There’s one thing that scares the monkey. It is called the Panic Monster. The monster is inactive most of the time,/but he suddenly wakes up/when a deadline gets too close,/or when there’s danger of public embarrassment/or some other scary consequence. It freaks the monkey out of the wheel/and the Rational Decision-Maker regains control to finish the task/in the last minute. However,/some procrastinators don’t even respond to the monster. In the most desperate moments,/they run up the tree with the monkey,/entering a state of shutdown.
There’s one thing that scares the monkey. It is called the Panic Monster. The monster is inactive most of the time,/but he suddenly wakes up/when a deadline gets too close,/or when there’s danger of public embarrassment/or some other scary consequence. It freaks the monkey out of the wheel/and the Rational Decision-Maker regains control to finish the task/in the last minute. However,/some procrastinators don’t even respond to the monster. In the most desperate moments,/they run up the tree with the monkey,/entering a state of shutdown.