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Tomorrow never comes!

No one is gonna write your assignment that was given ages ago but you haven't finished it and is due tomorrow.

No one is gonna take the trash out that you should have taken two days ago.

However long you put it off, you are the one who is gonna clean your room anyway. 

Procrastination is a common human trait.

Like you might have a quiz competition at church the next Sunday. You are back from work, tired. So you put it off to start studying tomorrow. 

Or your once active blog is now slowly dying. You do not want that to happen yet you keep saying to yourself that you will definitely post tomorrow. 

Also, look at what happened to Hamlet!

One thing that most people fail to understand is that 

"Cold water does not get warmer if you jump late"

                                                         

Procrastination leads to laziness which is the key to failure. 

David Allen in his book, Getting Things Done introduces a '2-minute rule.'

It says that if you can do an action in two minutes or less, tackle it at the moment- do not delay it.

This is a simple rule but an effective one.

If you want to do something, do it right then and there because TOMORROW NEVER COMES. 







 

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  1. Daft deviantApril 13, 2024 at 7:02 PM

    Very insightful! I should pick up on that book before I start procrastinating my whole life.

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