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.//