Empty Promises and Procrastination

The lies we tell ourselves and others

Photo by Luke Chesser on Unsplash

“Babe, can you give me a hand in here?” my girlfriend called from the kitchen.

“Coming,” I replied, while moving my knight to b4.

In just 15 seconds — or so it felt — I sprung from my office chair. The leather’s creak was muffled by my irritated snort after losing yet another game to what…