Procrastination

If not now, when?

One thing we struggle with is procrastination. It takes a lot of energy to be able to deal with it. A professor once took us on a teaching where he explained his academic brilliance, but one thing became his stumbling block—procrastination. Sometimes people perceive it to be a problem that's easy to deal with, but unfortunately, it's one of man's strongest enemies of success. It doesn't come with a harsh tone or ugly appearance; rather, it provides the idea of comfort and allows you to believe it's for your well-being until it becomes a habit.

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"I'll do it tomorrow, I'll do it later, I still have enough time, etc."—all these don't feel like a bad idea, especially when our body seems to desire rest for its comfort. One little rest after another, and soon it becomes a habit that's hard to deal with. Procrastination gives us the idea that there's enough time. It makes us see that time can wait while we go about our daily lives. Unknowingly to us, time drains like a sand glass, dripping slowly until it's too late to make the best of life from what's left. People who lived their entire lives thinking there's enough time left lived to regret this costly assumption.

If not now, when? Now is always the right time. Ten years ago must have been the first right time; however, today is the second right time. To make the best out of our lives, each day should be utilized doing something. It must not be big, but start. All that's required to deal with procrastination is to shun excuses and just start. Because now is always the right time to do it.