It is okay; I can do tomorrow....

It will all be okay; Yes, I can put it on my calendar tomorrow. Sounds very organized and a matter of fact. This week I read the definition of procrastination:

The true definition of procrastination:

verb: procrastinate; 3rd person present: procrastinates; past tense: procrastinated; past participle: procrastinated; gerund or present participle: procrastinating

delay or postpone action; put off doing something.

"It won't be this price for long, so don't procrastinate"

It comes from Latin: Etymologically, “procrastination” is derived from the Latin verb procrastinare — to put off until tomorrow. But it's more than just voluntarily delaying. Procrastination is also derived from the ancient Greek word akrasia, which is doing something against what we know we need to do! Now that sounds a little more serious.

Why does procrastination have such a negative vibe with us? It really does not sound so bad after you read the definition. I will put off until tomorrow. I will put it in my calendar tomorrow. I am laughing at how many times I have done this. Well, I know my problem with a few things is that tomorrow never comes. For instance, cleaning my section of the garage. Oh my, it is a mess. Garden stuff everywhere. I like to tell myself that it can wait. It has been waiting for a while. I would like to call this a matter of importance in my schedule. Schedule only what I need to do? That does not sound practical. I am getting a little frustrated when I look at the messy garage. Here I go! I start to ponder this idea. What am I thinking? Why is this frustrating? It is negative self-talk. Let’s not do the negative self-talk about our procrastination. I say we put it in a better context of a conscious decision to do or to not do.

Conscious decision making is the key. We can decide what goes on the to-do list. We decide what we want to live with. I think I chose to live with a messy garage LOL. If we make a conscious, thought-out decision that we are not doing a specific planned project today, then by all means, it should be okay if we can accept the outcome without negative self-talk. That is the problem with our procrastination. We beat ourselves up for not doing the thing we set out to do. However, if we weigh the pros and cons of the project and can accept the outcome, we should move on. This means, no negative self-talk. I am not referring to important projects that are timely and will have consequence if not completed, I am referring more of allowing ourselves some grace with putting something off until tomorrow because we have chosen not to do today. I am not cleaning the kitchen floor today, which is on my list to do, because I can easily do tomorrow. Yes, I have just consciously decided I would rather read my book!