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“The most pernicious aspect of procrastination is that it can become a habit.”

A thought by Steven Pressfield, (2010-08-30) from his book, The War Of Art: Winning the Inner Creative Battle (p. 22). PREMIERE. Kindle Edition.

My wife, Margaret and I have just in the last two weeks moved from Long Island in New York to Seminole, Florida which is between the Gulf of Mexico and Tampa Bay.  We have been working hard to get our condo here organized and also doing some fun and exploration.  I said all of that to say that I have not been reading and writing as a priority.  But I finally wrote yesterday my first post here on JCTT in 2 weeks and it felt good.  I did not want procrastination to become a habit.  I wanted the writing of this blog to get back into being a daily habit.

There are some things that are a good habit.  My getting up every morning at the same time as a retired person is a good habit.  My posting my other blog, bill’s front porch at the same time six days a week is a good habit.  My taking vitamins every day is a good habit.  My walking 6 days a week for an hour and a half is a good habit.  You get the idea but when you make putting doing something good off till tomorrow doing that can become a bad habit.  The bad aspect of procrastination is that it can become a habit.

So why don’t you break this devious habit of procrastination and do today what you keep putting off doing till tomorrow?    Why don’t you pull yourself out of that chair and go for that walk or whatever it is that you know would be a very healthy or beneficial thing for you to do.  Don’t listen to the excuse just do it.  Do it now, don’t wait.  That is the only way you are going to break the habit of procrastination.

So why not do it today, right now?

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