The task postponed for convenience may keep requiring attention every time it is remembered.

RESILIENCE

WHAT THIS MEANS

A postponed task does not sit quietly. Each time it surfaces you spend a little on remembering it, a little on deciding again not to do it, and a little on the low hum of knowing it is still there. Added together, that is often more than the task itself would have cost. Convenience gets measured at the moment of avoidance and paid for in instalments afterwards.

Choose the one you have thought about most often and do it badly, today. Finishing it imperfectly closes a loop that thinking about it never will.

A QUESTION TO SIT WITH

Which delayed task keeps taxing you each time it resurfaces?

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