procrastination kills dreams before they begin

Every great achievement starts somewhere, every successful individual has a starting point; an initial idea which later becomes a gradual, continuous process until the goal has been reached. Our goals and dreams are endangered species, slowly going extinct because we keep postponing on when we start actualizing them – procrastination.

Procrastination is some false illness born into being by our imagination, because rather than conceding to our shortcomings, laziness, or failures, we’d rather play the procrastination card. This illusion and lack of motivation is sabotaging your potentials. When you can’t prioritize what you want – whether it’s to travel, exercise, advance in your career, start a business, or write a book, your dreams will pass you by in a flash without you achieving any.

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The ready to use excuse for procrastinating is, “someday.” Who knows, “maybe someday I’ll write a book.” “Someday I’ll start selling my handmade bags on eBay.” After all right now, there are more pressing things that demands your immediate focus and attention, like you haven’t finished GOT – watching every single HBO max TV show ever created. As Tim Ferriss wrote in his New York Times best seller, the 4-Hour Workweek: “’someday’ is a disease that will take your dreams to the grave with you.”

When there’s a lack in structure or direction, whether it’s in your personal or professional life, it reduces productivity and increases the desire to procrastinate. Without a workable plan or a decision in place, you’re basically floating in a state of suspension, deprived of any forward movement – stagnation. At this point, your impulses dictate your actions and you become distracted by Facebook, Twitter, or something else that provides immediate gratification. The design of your environment, accessibility to distractions, and a lack of game plan will have you continuously leaning on procrastination as an escape route.

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Time is a very funny thing. When it comes to procrastination the reward and subsequent consequences don’t coexist, they’re separated by time. When gaps like this occur, it results to a conflict of interest between your present needs and goals versus your future ones. Complicated? Let me explain. Let’s say you constantly drink beer, so much so that you always have a bottle at hand. However, after a series of news reports surfaced warning of the dangers associated with the act, you decide to want to quit. Technically, you can continue to have “one last bottle” or “one last day” of drinking for years – taking you away from your goal.

If you keep putting off important task that brings you closer to achieving your goals, this bad habit can kill your dreams. Adopt a “Right now” attitude. When you set aside time to work on your goal, get into the habit of focusing on what’s important right now. Habitual behavior like procrastination can be changed over time with practice. Stop wasting time and waiting for tomorrow. Start now; procrastination kills dreams if you don’t.

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