A couple of hundred years ago, Benjamin Franklin shared with the world the secret of his success. Never leave that till tomorrow, he said, which you can do today.
This is the man who discovered electricity.
You think more people would listen to what he had to say.
I don't know why we put things off, but if I had to guess, I'd have to say it has a lot to do with fear.
Fear of failure, fear of rejection, sometimes the fear is just of making a decision,
because what if you're wrong? What if you're making a mistake you can't undo?
The early bird catches the worm. A stitch in time saves nine. He who hesitates is lost.
We can't pretend we hadn't been told. We've all heard the proverbs, heard the philosophers,
heard our grandparents warning us about wasted time, heard the damn poets urging us to seize the day. Still sometimes we have to see for ourselves.
We have to make our own mistakes.
We have to learn our own lessons.
We have to sweep today's possibility under tomorrow's rug until we can't anymore.
Until we finally understand for ourselves what Benjamin Franklin really meant.
That knowing is better than wondering, that waking is better than sleeping,
and even the biggest failure, even the worst, beat the hell out of never trying.
~Dr. Meredith Grey~
I certainly don't get any pleasure from postponing all of the things that I want to get done. Instead of being able to check them off of my to-do-list, I add them to that everlasting to-do list, the one that wakes me up in the middle of the night *sigh* Why is it so difficult to just get things over with?
Right now, my mental list over things to be done seems endless. And I've been searching the net to find some inspiration, some miracle cure to get me going. But I guess today's quote is right: We all need to learn our own lessons through our own mistakes. It would be great to grab every possibility that's handed to me, instead of postponing them all. One day, the possibilities may run out, and all that's left, is the regret of things not done.
I still haven't made that list of goals that I've been writing about. And how on earth will I get anywhere without knowing where I want to go?
Well, I'm dead tired now, and not making much sense. But I will try to find some tips on how to rid yourself of procrastination (tomorrow, right? lol). Because I know that I'm not alone. Until next time... Try to do at least one thing that you've been putting off for a while. It doesn't have to be scary, just something small. I'll make an appointment for my dog's vaccination right now, and I've written this half-hearted post.
Sleep tight,
Dark Duchess.
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