Is Procrastination costing you?

It never seizes to amaze me how we all procrastinate, and then have the guilty feelings of - why did we not do it when we had the time?

How do we get to this point in our lives and why do we all do it on a daily basis, some more than others, and how do we get past it? What makes us go to work and get things done yet in our own lives we put so much off for another time, then before we know it the time has passed us and we actually don’t get to do it all as we planned in the first place. My question then is, why do we even plan to do it in the first place?

Procrastination is like a thief that sneaks into our houses at night to rob us of time, of possibilities and of money. Isn’t it funny that the sooner you realize that the thief has stolen your money the quicker you will pay attention? I say that it steals money because at the end of the day the longer you wait to do the things the less you get done and money is one of those things that gets wasted along the way, or the possibility of making it dwindles.

I value my time. I put a price on it that is not generally financially orientated because I think the most important thing that you can give of yourself is your time. So for anyone to realize the value of time I refer to money because your time is worth a value that you may not consider at first. Let’s put it this way, every time you go see a doctor you pay for his time and his knowledge. How much knowledge do you have to share with the world and how much would you charge for that knowledge, seeing that you are wasting your time? Then again, are you not worth all the time in the world and all the money?

For anyone else to know what your value is you first have to know what that value is yourself. You need to spend time on yourself and you need to know what needs to be done to get where you need to go. You are the first step towards putting a value on your time and you are the one that needs to appreciate how much you’ve achieved to be able to do that. Yet we don’t! So how do we get around it?

To get around procrastination we need to look at how much we want to achieve and in how short/long a time we want to achieve it. Sound similar to ambition? Most certainly does, but what is the use of ambition if you don’t get off your ass to get past the thieving procrastination that’s holding you hostage!

I think we need to learn self defense against procrastination! I think a good dose of schooling in concentration would be a start. Concentrate on yourself. Concentrate on your worth. Concentrate on beating the thief. Concentrate on getting done what needs to be done. Concentrate on you as a person to realize what you are letting slip by - like the sand in a time glass. Procrastination makes the sand run faster, and time stops for no man or woman.

So come on, get off your ass! Concentrate on what’s stopping you and beat it! Just do it, is a famous slogan. Here is mine:

Just done it!