“Procrastination is like a credit card: It’s a lot of fun until you get the bill.”

—Christopher Parker, English actor and television presenter

Image from Unsplash by Nubelson Fernandes

With Black Friday and Cyber Monday in our rear view mirrors, and the holidays just around the corner, it’s natural to want to give and get.

With Amazon and other online purchases just clicks away, it can be pretty easy to dig a financial hole deeper that you intend.

Procrastination is like this in that it pays off immediately with that rush of dopamine. We seemingly get all the reward without the downside until that “payment due” notice finds us down the road.

EXERCISE:

Where are you trying to pay down the debt of procrastination in your life?

How would applying the disciplines of doing things now and delayed gratification reward you with even more fun in the future?