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Today I have what I can only describe as a mental block. My task is simple: some extremely straight forward development work. No, not even that: just some minor changes requested ahead of a meeting of bigwigs later in the week. Work which ordinarily would take me about half an to complete at most. But today, I just cannot motivate myself to do what’s required. Twice I’ve started over from scratch, in pursuit of perfection, rather than just making the amendments requested. But now I’m back to simply staring at my computer, hoping the work will do itself.

All of this would be understandable if the task at hand was actually hard. To be sure, I’ve wrestled at length with a problematic server configuration or bespoke web app in the past, but this isn’t one of those at all. There is nothing here to tax me, other than the anticipated expectations of the audience when presented. But even here I should have nothing to fear, for the preview has already been green-lighted. It’s an irrational, inexplicable blockage. It’s a bit like my operating system has ground to a halt. Maybe I’ll try rebooting.