Note that if you mostly contribute to meta work, you want to also donate a small sum (say, $15/mo) to strategy work or direct work.

I suspect the mechanism underlying this is a near/far glitch that's also responsible for procrastination. I've had the experience of putting important but deadline-free stuff off for months, sincerely believing that I would get to it at some point (no, I wasn't short on free time...)

It takes time to develop the skill of noticing that now is a good time to do that thing you've been telling yourself to do, and then actually biting the bullet and doing it.