“I’ll do it later” usually translates to “I’ll feel bad about it later.” Pick one.

REFLECTION

WHAT THIS MEANS

Putting something off does not remove it, it adds a low background hum of knowing it is there. That hum costs more across a day than the task would have cost in twenty minutes, which the trade never accounts for. You pay twice: once in dread and once in doing it anyway. The relief of postponing is real and extremely short.

Take the thing you have moved three times and give it fifteen minutes today, badly. Or decide honestly that you are not doing it and take it off the list. Either beats carrying it around for another week.

A QUESTION TO SIT WITH

What did you postpone today that will cost you tonight?

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