The Ideas’ Thief: The Price of Procrastination

I never learn…

R. A. Younes
Behind The Words
2 min readSep 13, 2024

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A.K.A the Robin Hood of ideas

What does he do?

He steals ideas from lazy people like myself, then he gives it to other writers and artists who are hard workers, to those creepy creatures who let neither idleness nor procrastination get the best of them.

Now you’re going to say:

“That’s so not fair!! Someone please, call the police!!”

I wouldn’t do that if I were you, you’ll end up embarrassing yourself, because:

  • First, you don’t have any evidence, especially if you didn’t jot it down, also, I think the police is his accomplice, shhh.
  • Second, good luck catching him, he’s like a tooth fairy, except, he’s not glittering and pretty like her, nope, quite the contrary, he’s a tiny boogeyman.

He only comes at dawn, to check if you woke up early to put your idea into action, because the previous night you said you would do it tomorrow, when he finds you deep in sleep, snoring like a gorilla, he snatches that great post idea.

Oh, and don’t expect to find a quarter in exchange.

After hitting the snooze button hundreds of times, you wake up clueless with amnesia like the fool you are “I don’t feel like writing today too” because you saw a quote (for 21 days in a row!!) that says:

You’re not lazy, you’re just resting

You even set it as your phone’s wallpaper, to feel better about yourself, days pass, while you’re still stuck in “the resting haze”, when you finally come across a different quote that pushes to write, only God knows how long it took you:

Follow the plan, not the mood

Guess what?!

Someone already wrote about it, you ignoramus!

Tsk, you never learn.

Think twice before cursing this thief, he’ll find out, and he won’t be as patient as last time.

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R. A. Younes
Behind The Words

A bibliophile storyteller🖋️, poet, psychology enthusiast 🧠, and sometimes I just ramble. Lost in books📖, found in nature🌸. Free Palestine 🕊️🍉.