Daily Inspiration #85
Edward Young
Procrastination
Edward Young
Procrastination
Edward Young (3 July 1683[1][2] – 5 April 1765) was an English poet, best remembered for Night-Thoughts.
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Ahh...
The age old story of procrastination.
"Procrastination is the thief of time."
Boy, this one is true.
Time is something you can never get back.
Why wait to do anything really.
Every time we put something off that we really should do, it robs us of time and energy.
When there is something to do, and we put it off till tomorrow or whatever other day, it actually allows us to fall further away from the thing we are wanting.
As we slip further away from that thing not only do we have this nagging feeling that we should have done it but we also now have more work to do in order to get it done.
You see, it breaks our focus.
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Getting our focus back takes more effort than just continuing our focus to begin with.
Our momentum slows down and we have to pick it back up again.
Keeping that momentum up is key, this will allow us to put in little effort to keep the ball rolling.
When that momentum slows it takes far more effort to get the ball rolling again.
All of this effort requires time.
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Thus, you have effectively thrown away your time by procrastinating.
Not to mention, when we procrastinate, we think about the thing with the wrong energy.
When we procrastinate we will normally think of the thing we want as if it is intangible or out of reach.
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This, in turn, makes it intangible and out of reach.
Procrastination is one of the most detrimental things we can do to ourselves and our goals.
So if you have been procrastinating on something for a while now, either do it or let it go.
If it keeps popping up in your mind it is literally leeching off of your energy.
It is stealing from you, not only time but valuable motivation and inspiration.
Do it or move on without it.
Remember,
"Procrastination is the thief of time."
Thanks for reading,
Michael David
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