Commitments that start tomorrow
Posted on June 29, 2009
I’ve mentioned before that I procrastinate. Arguably, it’s one of my defining personality traits – and I’m pretty sure I’m not alone in that.
My solution (for now) – if I’m going to do it, if it matters, if I want to commit to it, I’m not going to do it “tomorrow”.
There are some obvious exceptions – if I think of something work related on Sunday, Hell Yes that will wait until tomorrow. Similarly, I’m OK with making plans for the following day (as long as I’m not putting off something that I’d be better off starting today).
Tomorrow is one of the more dangerous words in my vocabulary – sometimes, it even gets an inflated sense of self importance, as it blows out to “next week” or “next month” or maybe even “next year”. All of these translate to “later, maybe never”, and there’s too much I want to get done for things to wait that long.
Much as living in the past is a bad idea, doing only in the future is an unhealthy habit.
So, time to be more healthy.
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