Procrastination

First, we procrastinate in the morning because we can get it done in the afternoon.

Then we procrastinate in the afternoon because we’re sure we’ll get it done in the evening.

But then we procrastinate in the evening because we can do it late at night or tomorrow morning.

And as you know, the next morning we simply restart the cycle.

Then the deadline looms, and we get stressed out, overworked, and irritated. We suffer the pain of regret that we didn’t just invest a few hours each day on the project. We could have had it done with just a little bit of work done each day.

Procrastination is stupid because we convince ourselves that the future us will feel different about the work than we do right now. The work never gets easier until we start doing it. Suffer the pain of working, or the pain of regret when you still have to do the work, but without the time to do it well or at a relaxed pace.