“Later” isn’t a time. It’s a graveyard with a nice name.

RESILIENCE

WHAT THIS MEANS

Nothing you put in the pile marked later has a place on an actual calendar, which is why so little of it ever happens. The word feels like a promise and works like a bin. It lets you keep the good intention and skip the cost of it.

Pick one thing out of that pile today and give it a day and a time. Say Thursday after dinner, not soon. If it does not deserve a slot, admit you are not doing it and let it go.

A QUESTION TO SIT WITH

What have you filed under later for months now?

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