Why We Torch the Things We Want
An Essay by Chad Schomber
We all do it. Telling ourselves we’ll do it tomorrow. I gotta clean the kitchen first. Ah, it doesn’t matter any more. I’m not really the kind of person who finishes things.
That hope flickering inside our thoughts?
We put it on the top shelf, next to the mismatched Tupperware lids.
It’s never dramatic.
We don’t ruin our dreams with a flamethrower. We drow…



