Friendship and procrastination.

Nick does what many of us don’t do because we feel that we must say more, make it a bigger deal. But as Burkeman suggests, here’s what happens, "the crucial work of nurturing friendships falls into a familiar procrastinatory black hole: precisely because it matters, you postpone it until you can give it the attention it deserves, which often means never."

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