Quotes About Procrastination

You hate your destination so much you want to postpone showing up for as long as possible.

Procrastinators can't make themselves work—often, ironically, because they're so anxious about work that they have to distract themselves from it—but they can't enjoy free time, either, because they know they should be working. A regular work schedule can help procrastinators because progress and engagement relieve their anxiety.

Each day gave me a new opportunity to push the task off until tomorrow. Tomorrow, I'd feel like dealing with it. "Start now," I finally thought. "Just take the first step." I started with the smallest possible step

Tomorrow Loophole: As part of my investigation of First Steps, I'd identified "tomorrow logic." Now doesn't matter, because we're going to follow good habits tomorrow.

A regular work schedule can help procrastinators because progress and engagement relieve their anxiety.

Sprinters call Marathoners "plodding," and Marathoners call Sprinters "irresponsible," but there's no right way. Procrastinators, however, are happier when they change their work habits to work more steadily.

It's a Secret of Adulthood: Working is one of the most dangerous forms of procrastination.)

Your lack of planning is not my emergency.")

Sprinters are pleased with their work product, because sprinting is how they do their best work. Procrastinators aren't pleased with their work product; they know they could've done a better job if they'd allowed themselves more time.

For instance, if it's 9 a.m. and I have an appointment at 11 a.m., I'll think 'Oh, I have to go somewhere in two hours, so I can't really start anything serious' and then end up wasting my whole morning waiting for one thing to happen.

Apply the one minute rule. Don't postpone anything that could be done in less than a minute

Wenn die Welt einmal untergehen sollte, ziehe ich nach Wien, denn dort passiert alles fünfzig Jahre später.

Najbolje stvari u životu pro?u jer prvo govorimo "još je rano, a zatim "suviše je kasno.

I said, "I try to open my mail at least once a year, but sometimes I neglect it.

Delayed is not forgotten!

The longer you delay, the more your sin gets strength and rooting. If you cannot bend a twig, how will you be able to bend it when it is a tree?

In that case, there is no time to lose. Plant it this afternoon!

Truth hates delay. (Veritas odit moras.)

Surprisingly, Gwendolyn, I have more important things to do with my time, like put bamboo shoots under my nails or drill holes in all my teeth.

At some point in the evening it becomes clear to me that I spent the day refusing to do anything I'd planned to do in the morning.

When a job is to be done there's no use putting it off.

I make no secret of the fact that I would rather lie on a sofa than sweep beneath it.

The early bird gets the worm. I'd rather sleep in and have toaster muffins.

The habit of procrastination fatigues you more than the effort it takes to do the task.