Procrastination

Okay, it's been put off for long enough. Today we're gonna talk about procrastination. See what I did there? Why put off for later what can be put off forever?

But seriously, you probably do  not realize just how poisonous procrastination is to your goals.Life is quite often hectic and confusing. We are so busy dealing with things on a continuous basis that when a chance to stop and take a breather arrives we jump all over it. And there is nothing wrong with that.

But when some opportunity to advance your dreams comes up don't put it off until later. I like to say procrastination procreates.Because once you put a thing off for the first time you have set a
 precedent. After all, putting it off once was alright. Your life isn't likely to slow down and wait for you to catch up on the things you want to do. So each time that thing comes up in the future you are just as likely to be as busy and/or as tired as you were when it came up the first time.  So, once you set that precedent you are just as likely to keep making excuses every time it comes up. What you put off once you will probably never do unless forced to by some outside force.

Take a couple of minutes and think about your life and you will realize that I am right.Think about all the things that you want to do, things that you should do. Think about all the things that never get done, things that if you had started them when the idea first occurred to you would be done by now. Think about how you could be enjoying the fruits of past labor, rather than dreading the work that you know is ahead of you.

When you put off something that is supposedly important to you by saying "oh i'll do that when I get the money " what you are really saying is that that thing is not important enough to you for you to either create the money for it or find it within your budget.

When you put off something that is supposedly important to you by saying "oh i'll do that when I get the time " what you are really saying is that that thing is not important enough to you for you to make the time to get it done.

When you do this, you are playing the victim. You are saying that if life would just fall into this exact certain pattern then you will be able to to the things that you want. You can get what you want out of life. But you have to be willing to work for it. And if the thing you are claiming that you want isn't worth risking some extra time or money on, then it isn't important to you, despite what you may say or think to the contrary.

Stop waiting for the perfect time or circumstance. There isn't going to be one. Life doesn't work that way and is perfectly willing to pass you by. It will go on whether you participate or not. You get stop making excuses and start making time for the things that are important to you. Or accept responsibility for failing to reach your goals.