Me: Wow, I have so much work to do on this huge, overarching project on something I presumably care about a lot.
(types a few sentences)
Me: Aaaannnnnd now I am suddenly overcome with inspiration and ideas for old/new stories that have absolutely nothing to do with my actual project due in a few months.
Happens every time. Was like this when I was working on my undergrad thesis, and is happening again for my graduate thesis. I assume if I ever tried to write a dissertation, I would instead finish writing several novels.
