Do not PROcrastinate!

Procrastination is everyone’s problem because we all procrastinate one way or the other.

I guess the question to ask is ‘What is Procrastination’? Simply put procrastination is doing tomorrow or another time what can be done immediately or now.   Everyone procrastinates one way or the other even though the truly successful people have learnt not to procrastinate because procrastination is the thief of time and it is the monster that we must all love to hate.

Every day we procrastinate. People procrastinate, organisations procrastinate, governments and nations procrastinate because we always love to postpone things in our lives till later.

On a personal note I have had to battle procrastination to a standstill and it is still a battle because sometimes I choose to wake up by 9am instead of the normal 4am so I can get time to pray and properly prepare for the day. We procrastinate because of many reasons including but not limited to laziness, tiredness, lame excuses, peer pressure and even sickness.

The effects of procrastination include failure, stagnation, limitation, regrets and poor lifestyles to mention a few and procrastination can become a killer of our collective destinies.

Recently in Nigeria, the Nigerian government choose to procrastinate about two main issues which include the abduction of the Chibok girls and also the fighting and eradication of the insurgents called Boko Haram. These two issues have become a thorny issue in our political life because the then Jonathan led government decided to procrastinate rather than take decisive actions in these two matters of state.   We are still paying for these two issues because we are faced with the disappearance of over 200 young girls from a certain part of Nigeria and we have a lack of peace in our nation because of these two scenarios.

Procrastination is subtle but can be deadly, a silent killer of destiny because when we procrastinate we are working in cooperation with nature to destroy our lives.   We must work hard to stop the menace called procrastination by learning to always take decisive actions as and at when due.

We must learn to always say NO! to procrastination. We must learn to disagree with the lazy side of our nature and say Yes to creativity and activity. We must be quick to take decisions especially when we do not have time to waste in deciding. We must be hard working and smart always.   We must desist from enjoying the menace called laziness because it is the biggest reason why we daily procrastinate.

Procrastination is also a habit.   We must learn to replace this habit in our lives with creativity, innovation and hard work. We must plan our time and time our plans. We must organize our lifestyles and refrain from anything that will cause us to procrastinate. We must learn to never delay and always do it NOW!  Success is a minute away when we learn to say No! to procrastination.

It is now up to us to say NO more procrastination in our lives as from today.

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Copyright @ VICTORIA PRAISE ABRAHAM. DATE AUGUST 3, 2016