Some days never come; don't procrastinate

In his book, “Grace For The Moment, Volume II,” Max Lucado shared this thought: “Someday,” we say, “I’ll take her on the cruise.” "Someday”, we say, “I’ll have time to call and chat.” "Someday, the children will understand why I was so busy.” But you know the truth, don’t you?  Some days never come…”

Some of us may have  committed the sin of omission  due to procrastination, postponing things, hoping that someday we will have the time to do it. Only to realize that we don’t have the luxury  of time — and  it’s already too late to do things.

Like the case of a relative who had regrets in her heart. She did not spend much time with  her mother until she passed  away. She was a  practicing  doctor in the US. She said, “I should have come home more    often while Mama was still alive. This is one of  my greatest regrets.”

Lucado advises, "Go to the effort. Invest time. Write the letter. Make the apology. Take    the trip. Purchase the  gift. Do  it. The seized  opportunity renders  joy. The neglected brings regret.”

Hendrik Edberg, in the positivityblog.com exclaims, “One of the most common problems is procrastination. We know what we want to do and should do. But still end up spending hours upon hours doing “easier” work or escaping via TV, blogs, music or other things we prefer to do.”

Edberg believes that there’s nothing  wrong with a little escape from time to time. But if you procrastinate too much you will not get the most important things done.

Along this line, Edberg cites the following  timeless tips to help you stop procrastinating  and  start living with your life more  fully:

Stop thinking, start doing. A bit of planning can certainly help you to achieve what you want to achieve.  A lot of planning and  thinking tends to have a  positive  effect.

Start with the hardest task of your day.  Maybe you have an  important call to make that you also fear might be uncomfortable. Maybe you have the last five pages of  your paper to  finish. Whatever  it may be, get out of your way. Start the first thing to do.

Face your fear.  It’s easier to live on  that  “someday” thought. It’s harder  to just take action. The harder choice gives you, well, who knows? But it  will sure make you feel more alive.

Just make a decision. We feel bad when we sit on our hands and don’t  take action. The natural thing is to be a decisive human being and take action.

Finish it.  Is  there  something   you want to finish but haven’t yet? Try to  get that  finished as soon as you  can and you will start  to feel a whole lot better. As William James  once  said, "Nothing  is so fatiguing as  the eternal hanging on of an uncompleted  task.”