--- description: After a full minute he finally takes a break and just cuddles up with it title: This Cat Is Completely Mesmerized by a Piece of Paper, Which Is Mesmerizing image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt348cb24f9834f748/698768c7428a9ecba2cc55fe/screen-shot-2014-11-14-at-10-57-34-am.png?branch=production&width=1440&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Newsfeed](/tag/time-section-newsfeed/) ## Newsfeed Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # This Cat's Laser Focus and Determination as He Flicks a Piece a Paper Is Commendable by [Samantha Grossman](/author/samantha-grossman/) ## Samantha Grossman Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Nov 14, 2014 5:15 PM CUT  by [Samantha Grossman](/author/samantha-grossman/) ## Samantha Grossman Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Nov 14, 2014 5:15 PM CUT This is Paper Cat. All we really know about him is that he’s really into paper — or at least, he’s really into this one specific piece of paper. He flicks at it with the type of curiosity and determination that teachers dream of. His human tries a few times to get him to stop, but he’s all, _I have a mission and I will not rest until it is completed._ After about a minute, though, he does rest, cuddling up with the paper and making sure to protect it – probably because he plans to continue his mission in a few minutes. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3585653/cat-flicks-paper-video/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3585653/cat-flicks-paper-video/"},"headline":"This Cat's Laser Focus and Determination as He Flicks a Piece a Paper Is Commendable","datePublished":"2014-11-14T17:15:21.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:14:38.208Z","description":"After a full minute he finally takes a break and just cuddles up with it","url":"https://time.com/3585653/cat-flicks-paper-video/","keywords":["Newsfeed","animals","viral","cats"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt348cb24f9834f748/698768c7428a9ecba2cc55fe/screen-shot-2014-11-14-at-10-57-34-am.png?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Samantha Grossman","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/samantha-grossman/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt348cb24f9834f748/698768c7428a9ecba2cc55fe/screen-shot-2014-11-14-at-10-57-34-am.png?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Screen Shot 2014-11-14 at 10.57.34 AM","caption":"","creditText":"","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3585653/cat-flicks-paper-video/","name":"This Cat's Laser Focus and Determination as He Flicks a Piece a Paper Is Commendable"}}]}] ```