10 Mar 2010

Tomorrow, tomorrow, not today

There are only a few virtues that, when practised, automatically produce a successful and happy existence. One of these virtues is tackling things immediately instead of putting them off. "Tomorrow, tomorrow, not today, say all lazy people." So goes the well-known saying.

But lazy people never help themselves by simply putting things off. Whether I have to do a job today or sometime later, the work is usually the same. By procrastinating, we only achieve that constant guilty conscience "Oh, there was something important to do..." and sometimes it's even too late to get things sorted out.

Be it the dear tax office, i.e., the tax return, or the long-planned start of a workout. It's often the little things: checking the oil in the car or finally answering that letter sitting on the desk for four weeks. Well, some take the cue from well-known politicians. They simply wait until one problem can be replaced by another. But that doesn't work in real life.

Do it! And do it now!

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