The Problem with "Tomorrow"

I have such a love/hate relationship with tomorrow. Tomorrow is a chance to start again, to have your do-over, and another chance to accomplish your dreams. But that "other chance" is where I also find myself not fond of the concept surrounding "tomorrow". Getting another chance, for some, is the perfect excuse for procrastination.

"I'll do it tomorrow."

How many times have you said that, and "tomorrow" turned into the next day, or the next week - or even was forgotten all together? I have been saying I want to clean out my garage for about two years now, and that I'd start "tomorrow". I said that in 2015 - thankfully in January 2018 it's finally happened, but that procrastination wasn't just days - it was years!

Where I see this happen the most is with people who fully anticipate furthering their education, but they put it off and put it off because the "timing just isn't right".  Before they know it they have been out of the education game for ten years and now the "timing isn't right" because it's "too late". (For the record - it is NEVER EVER "too late" to do AN-Y-THING).

I write this experiencing some procrastination of my own. I seem to have found myself in one of those areas of life where you seem to be stuck in some weird purgatory full of lack of direction. You know you want to do something, but you can't exactly pinpoint what that "thing" is.  Personally, I don't necessarily want to rush this decision at all, because then I could end up doing anything just to do SOMETHING, and that certainly isn't what I want. I feel like whatever this little "purgatory party" is leading me to, it's going to be something significant. But how does one not put something off until "tomorrow" if they don't know what that something is yet?

My remedy for this is giving time to each day to think about where I thrived in that day. What made me feel really great, or really accomplished that day? Where do I get the butterflies in life - and by that I mean, what makes me feel truly alive when I am doing it? What makes me feel like what I did held purpose? What interests me? What activities are associated with those things that I can continue to do, or tap into, that can help grow those feelings into something more?

Many of you who are reading this might find yourself in a lack luster job. You don't hate it (or maybe you do), you're grateful that you have it, but as far as being passionate about it - eeeeeh - not so much. It is the passions in life (that we too often ignore) that give us LIFE! It is those passions that we should be taking time each day to explore, and consider, and contemplate how we can do more of those, or find ourselves in situations where we can experience more of them. Passion should never be handed the "tomorrow card", because the more cards it is handed the faster it seems to fade.

If you have a passion, nurture it today - don't push it off until tomorrow. Even if it's five minutes that you can give to it, give it those five minutes. Just like your body and your life, that passion is YOURS - it isn't someone else's'. Stop worrying if it's the right thing to do, what other people may think, or if you will succeed or fail and just enjoy the ride for today.

And then do it all over again tomorrow.

Challenge: Is there something you have been putting off that you know needs to get done? Sound off in the comments below and then check back in once you have taken your first step!