How to Overcome Procrastination
For those prone to procrastinate, tomorrow can sound like the magic word. With a simple wave of tomorrow, dirty dishes seem to vanish, hard conversations disappear, emails hide, and house projects stand by patiently. How wonderful it can feel to send today’s undesirables into the fog of tomorrow — and how ready tomorrow is to receive them! Yes, we could take care of such responsibilities today, but why when there’s always tomorrow? Then, of course, tomorrow comes, and the magic vanishes under the weight of undone tasks. And we again realize, in the frustratingly wise words of Alexander MacLaren, No unwelcome tasks become any the less unwelcome by putting them off till tomorrow. It is only when they are behind us and done, that we begin to find that there is a sweetness to be tasted afterwards, and that the remembrance of unwelcome duties unhesitatingly done is welcome and pleasant. (The Conquering Christ and Other Sermons, 143) If an unwelcome task is a thorn, tomorrow will not change