This week I had a project due for my class that I am taking, and as always I ended up doing most of the work last minute. This put a serious damper on the quality of work, so now I’m hoping for leniency versus being confident in a high grade.
While driving to class I started to think about the consequences of procrastinating on bigger things. First up is the biggie - retirement. Are you doing everything you can to ensure you can retire when you want and with enough income to support yourself? What happens if you don’t save enough? Will you just throw up your hands and hope for leniency? Do you really want to be dependent on someone else to take care of you in the future? I know I don’t.
Of course there’s always things that stand in the way of saving. Maybe you have too much debt to pay. Or you have kids or car problems or whatever. There will always be problems. The question is are you taking care of them today or putting them off for later?
What about your health? Do you get annual physicals and dental exams to make sure there’s nothing going on that could be a big problem later? I know I am guilty of not getting my checkups done as often as I need to.
How about your cars? Do you take them in to get serviced at the manufacture’s recommended milage? Do you even know how often you should be going in and what services to get done? Taking your car in every 5000 miles to get the oil changed is a lot cheaper than buying a new engine because you were too cheap to get the oil changed and the engine froze up.
I am not trying to harp, these were really questions I asked myself. I encourage you to do the same. What are you putting off for tomorrow that you should be doing today? Every project begins with a first step. I encourage you to think of the next action that needs to be done and do it as soon as possible. You will feel better you did.
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