" I Would Do This Tomorrow "

I've watched things pass people by due to their general behaviour towards these things. With no doubt, I've been amongst the 'people' who have been victims of procrastination and the watchword is always "I'd do it later".

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This happens to be one of the terrible habits I picked up from childhood. Sometimes, I feel it's one of my innate behaviours; something I was born with.

On countless occasions, I've stretched out my legs, crossed my feet and said to myself "there is still time. You can do this later". This year in particular has been one of the worst. For some reason, it feels like 2023 has been the fastest year so far. In a twinkle of an eye, you've spent 24 hours and whenever I sit to give account for how I spent my day, I discover that I haven't really done anything I classify as important.

Countless times, I've beat myself up because I reminisce on my day and I probably haven't done all the tasks assigned to be done that day. As a form of consolation, I tell myself, 'tomorrow is another day' and when tomorrow comes, I repeat the same phrase.

I remember vividly how often I used to procrastinate as a kid and this usually used to land me lots of scolding and caning. It got to a point where my parents were fed up and decided to leave me be. I guess this is why the bad habit has lingered for so long.

I remember attending a seminar and one of the speakers said something about forming habits. He said that it takes about three months of consistency to form a bad or good habit but it can take a lifetime to break such a habit. There is no lie in this.

One good thing however is the fact that I've recognized this bad habit and I've been trying to arrest it in all ways possible. For those who are diligent and always prompt to carry out tasks, I say kudos to them as they are really worthy of emulation. Procrastination is terrible!

It gets worse when you're at a rush hour and you think back on the days you would have done the same tasks comfortably, but there you are, trying to beat time.

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I've come across some people who like to do things at the dying minute. They prefer working under pressure.They probably do not see this as procrastination but I see it as another subtle form of procrastination. Why wait till the dying minute when you could have done the same thing comfortably? If you're on this table, I'd love to get your answer.

To reiterate, I've been constantly working on this bad trait. Trying to do tasks on time and avoiding the "I'd do it later" sentence. But if I'm being honest, it can be really hard and almost impossible most times as procrastination is like addiction. You know it's bad but just can't help it.

It may not be one of my dominant bad habits but it's an underlying one and underlying bad habits are usually the hardest to tackle. Do you think so too?

I'd love to wrap up with this quote I came across sometime in life;

“While wasting our time hesitating and procrastinating, life goes on.”

–Seneca

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Love, Wongi ✨

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