Quotes About Procrastination

Today is the tomorrow you worried about yesterday.

Perfectionism is not as much the desire for excellence as it is the fear of failure couched in procrastination." —Dan Miller

If you wait for inspiration to write, you're not a writer. You're a waiter.

You pile up enough tomorrows, and you'll find you are left with nothing but a lot of empty yesterdays." —Meredith Willson

Tomorrow, said the voice of fear in her head. It always said, tomorrow, whether it talked about going to the grocery store or starting a new painting. Tomorrow you'll be brave, fear whispered. Tomorrow you'll be normal. Just give me today. That was how fear stole whole lives away.

Work left undone for years affects people's moods, their feelings about themselves, their ability to work creatively, and their hopes for the future.

If you always make excuses to not follow through you deserve the weight of anxiety on your chest.

Indeed, thinking about the future can be so pleasurable that sometimes we'd rather think about it than get there.

What's so curious about human beings is that we can look deeply into the future, foresee disaster, and still do nothing in the present to stop it. The majority of people on this planet, they're overwhelmed with concerns about their immediate well being.

the Zeigarnik effect, our tendency to remember unfinished tasks better than finished ones.2

I'm spending way too much time test running my Vine videos. I'll go into a room and close the door and be in there for an hour workshopping a Vine video that I never even post. So that's probably a huge time suck.

It is a tremendous act of violence to begin anything. I am not able to begin. I simply skip what should be the beginning.

Procrastinating is a vice when it comes to productivity, but it can be a virtue for creativity.

That's why it's especially important to be the people we want to be now, to become more open and expansive while we're able to. A lot will be left dangling if we wait too long.

a good number may have had momentary awakenings, done a little soul-searching, added more to their lists—and then neglected to tick things off. People tend to dream without doing, death remaining theoretical.

When people delude themselves into believing they have all the time in the world, she's noticed, they get lazy.

People tend to dream without doing, death remaining theoretical.

It isn't that I haven't been able to write at all. In fact, during the time I was supposed to be writing my book, I was crafting fabulously witty and flirtatious emails to Boyfriend, all while telling friends and family and even Boyfriend that I was busy writing my book. I was like the closet gambler who gets dressed for work and kisses his family goodbye each morning and then drives to the casino instead of the office.

Procrastination is the longest word in the language, but there's only one letter between its ends when they occupy their proper places in the alphabet.

Putting off an easy thing makes it hard. Putting off a hard thing makes it impossible.

I am definitely going to take a course on time management... just as soon as I can work it into my schedule.

Self-Criticizing Is Totally Missing the Mark It will only intensify the procrastination and laziness. The place to put the mental energy is into releasing the old and creating a new thought pattern. Say: "I am willing to release the need to be unworthy. I am worthy of the very best in life, and I now lovingly allow myself to accept it. "As I spend a few days doing this affirmation over and over, my outer effect pattern of procrastination will automatically begin to fade.

We scold and criticize ourselves endlessly. We mistreat our bodies with food, alcohol, and drugs. We choose to believe we are unlovable. We are afraid to charge a decent price for our services. We create illnesses and pain in our bodies. We procrastinate about things that would benefit us. We live in chaos and disorder. We create debt and burdens. We attract lovers and mates who belittle us or abuse us.

Our actions often show our resistance. For instance: Changing the subject Leaving the room Going to the bathroom Being late Getting sick Procrastinating by: doing something else doing busy work wasting time Looking away, or out the window Flipping through a magazine Refusing to pay attention Eating, drinking, or smoking Creating or ending a relationship Creating breakdowns; cars, appliances, plumbing, etc.