Absorption
Being busy
Complacency
Contrary beliefs
Deluding / diluting
Explanations
Excuses
Ego/vanity
Getting the wrong result
Grief
Negativity about results
Promising
Reasons
"Shopping" - for anything, including a relationship, a career
Telling yourself you have the result when you don't
Trying
Waiting (for a piece of information, for the time to be right, for
something to fall into place, for someone else to come through for you, for it to be
perfect, et al.)
Wanting the result
Wishing
Worrying about the result
Writing a memo