Lately, I’ve been realizing something uncomfortable:
I really should stop wasting time.
In the sense that I can actually feel time moving now. Deadlines feel closer. Responsibilities feel heavier. There’s always another paper to finish, another assignment to survive, another expectation quietly waiting in the corner.
And yet, somehow, today happened.
This afternoon I was supposed to working my fat asses on my terramechanics paper.
Supposed to.
Instead, I ended up spending hours building something with Lovable. (feel free to get bonus credit using my referal)
Honestly? It was fun.
The kind of fun where you keep telling yourself “bisa diapain lagi ya???” while your actual responsibilities slowly dissolve in the background like an abandoned loading bar.
The thing I built is called:
It’s basically a small experimental tool for helping people brainstorm research ideas, structure thinking, and maybe feel slightly less lost during the research process. at least you got something after chitchat with the bot
I don’t even know if it’s “good” yet.
Me and my messy desk
But while building it, I noticed something:
Sometimes you avoid work because you’re lazy.
Sometimes you avoid work because you’re tired.
But sometimes you avoid work because your brain finds another problem more alive.
And that’s what happened today.
Instead of forcing myself through terramechanics equations and academic formatting, I accidentally wandered into a rabbit hole about how people think, how research gets stuck, and how AI could maybe act less like a search engine and more like a research companion.
Which, ironically, probably says a lot about why my actual paper is still unfinished.
Still, I think there’s something beautiful about productive procrastination.
Not all wasted time is empty.
Some detours become prototypes.
Some distractions become ideas.
Some unfinished afternoons become the beginning of something unexpectedly meaningful.
Or maybe I’m just coping because my job still isn’t complete.
Either way, if you’re curious, feel free to try it.
Maybe it’ll help you brainstorm.
Maybe it’ll help you structure your thoughts.
Maybe it’ll just become another tool for curious people who think too much and open too many tabs.
And if nothing else, at least my procrastination produced a URL instead of just existential dread.
That’s progress, I guess.