I’m a procrastinator at heart.

That’s the only reason I feel comfortable saying this.

I know how it feels to “want” to do something but never actually get to it. It hurts. It’s not fun. And I hope this can help us procrastinators get better at what we do.

Earlier today I responded to my boyfriends invitation to hang out by saying that I needed to do some studying. He gave me a classic line that I feel like I’ve used on other people a hundred times before:

You Can Always Study Tomorrow

When he said it, an absolutely ludicrous idea struck me.

That is the fundamental problem of procrastination.

I can’t study tomorrow. I can only study now or I can study now later.

When tomorrow comes, I will be forced to make the same decision I just made today. If I decided against studying today then what makes me think I’ll make a different decision tomorrow?

Fundamentally, the only way I can decide to study is if I decide to study now.

But Here Is The Really Crazy Part…

I think the reason I used to tell people they could “study later” is because I was procrastinating myself.

It’s the story I told myself. I was convinced it was true. And I wanted to convince this other person the same story is also true so they can validate my silly thinking. (I think I’d rather be wrong with my friends.)

And that’s when I reminded the bf of the test he has coming up too.

And now… instead of doing my studying… I’m writing this post.

Oh boy… 😛

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