Is procrastination to blame for my regrets?
Is it to blame for yours?
Yes and yes.
Consider this guaranteed antidote – a deadline.
If we want to have a better future (healthier, wealthier, smarter, more content, etc) we create wonderful dreams in our minds about how we’re going to change.
But we fail to attach a deadline, thus enabling procrastination to never feel compelled to end.
The reason we avoid deadlines is two-fold:
- We think we have forever
- A deadline is too much pressure for something we don’t need right now
Long-term procrastination makes us a spectator in our own life.
The frustration is severe because it wasn’t that we never finished our dream, it’s that we never got started in the first place.
Deep regret.
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On April Fool’s Day 2009, jeff noel began writing five daily, differently-themed blogs (on five different sites). It was to be a 100-day self-imposed “writer’s bootcamp”, in preparation for writing his first book. He hasn’t missed a single day since.
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