There’s a saying: “Why put off to tomorrow what you can put off altogether?” It’s a riff off the more popular: “Don’t put off till tomorrow what you can get done today.”
In the age of doing so much, staying on all the time, busy schedules and busier inboxes, it’s easy to procrastinate.
What I’ve realized is, the longer you put it off, the less likely it is to get done. Regardless of your intentions.
There is a cumulative power in putting this off, and two days postponed is greater than one plus one: it compounds.
Of course, this applies to work without deadlines. That’s a different form of procrastination, and any of us who have jobs or went to school recognize putting things off until the deadline looms.
Most of this insidious form of procrastination – putting off until it’s a vague notion in the back of your mind – spring up from personal projects. Things you might actually like doing. Yet, it put them off for the more “important” things.
If that’s the case, maybe it’s time to reprioritize.
Michael's Musings 