It’s Monday morning, and Jessica is determined to tackle her to-do list. She sits at her desk, coffee in hand, ready to make progress. Today’s the day, she tells herself. No distractions. No falling behind.

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But before she even starts, her mind is already off to the races. There’s the client proposal she needs to finish, emails to respond to, and a marketing plan she left half-done last week. Everything feels urgent—equally important, equally overwhelming.

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Jessica opens the proposal, determined to focus, but before she can type a single word, a brilliant new idea pops into her head. This could be the one, she thinks. The game-changer. Excitement floods her, and without a second thought, she pushes the proposal aside and dives into brainstorming.

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For a moment, she’s on fire. The ideas are flowing, and she feels unstoppable. But that high doesn’t last.

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By the time she looks at the clock, it’s already 2pm. The proposal? Still untouched. The new idea? Half-written in a notebook. And now Jessica’s questioning if it was even that good. Her to-do list looms in the background—emails, the marketing plan, and so much more waiting for her attention.

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She tries to focus. Just pick one thing, she tells herself. But her brain won’t cooperate. She goes back to the proposal, but every word feels like it’s taking forever. It has to be perfect, she thinks. But perfection has her stuck, dragging the task on and on.

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The day slips away, and Jessica feels that all-too-familiar frustration rise. “Why can’t I just get this done?” she whispers, staring at her screen, already dreading the same struggle tomorrow.