In 2021 I listened to a Freakonomics
podcast
that touches on a psychological bias in which
people put off decisions because they expect things will be significantly different tomorrow
than they are today. Often, this assumption turns out to be wrong: an unpleasant job or
living situation or relationship today will still be unpleasant tomorrow. Recognizing this
pattern can allow us to simplify decision-making, but there is some emotional force that
keeps us in decision limbo, a force I suspect is rooted in hope and in fear.
Maybe Tomorrow contains pieces in a state of suspension that trade resolution for a sense
of uneasy possibility, picking up on both the hope and fear that accompanies the belief that
change comes tomorrow.