Procrastination
An interesting quote was in my inbox today... Any thoughts?
Quote of the Week
When you have many excuses not to do your work, ask yourself what guarantee you have of another chance to do what needs to be done. Time lost is lost for good. No matter how much you promise to improve, no matter what good intentions you have for making it up, the time is gone for good. Feeling sorry about the situation will not bring it back. You can never buy back that precious piece of time. You may think, "Well, that piece of time has passed, but I still have a long stretch of time left." No, you do not! What guarantee is there that you will have another piece of time like this one? Wake up and stop the excuses; they never made sense before and do not make sense now. Laziness and procrastination have never worked in a sound and helpful way. It is only sound and helpful to get things moving.
--from Dharma Paths by Khenpo Karthar Rinpoche, translated by Ngodup Burkhar and Chojor Radha, edited by Laura M. Roth, published by Snow Lion Publications
Quote of the Week
When you have many excuses not to do your work, ask yourself what guarantee you have of another chance to do what needs to be done. Time lost is lost for good. No matter how much you promise to improve, no matter what good intentions you have for making it up, the time is gone for good. Feeling sorry about the situation will not bring it back. You can never buy back that precious piece of time. You may think, "Well, that piece of time has passed, but I still have a long stretch of time left." No, you do not! What guarantee is there that you will have another piece of time like this one? Wake up and stop the excuses; they never made sense before and do not make sense now. Laziness and procrastination have never worked in a sound and helpful way. It is only sound and helpful to get things moving.
--from Dharma Paths by Khenpo Karthar Rinpoche, translated by Ngodup Burkhar and Chojor Radha, edited by Laura M. Roth, published by Snow Lion Publications
posted by Victoria at 2:08 PM
3 Comments:
As a consummate time waster, I love this quote--thanks for sharing it! I constantly find myself wondering where all of my time has gotten to and why I'm rushing at the last minute to get things done instead of working at a task a little at a time on a schedule. Although I do work a lot better when I'm under a time-crunch or deadline.
This has once again reminded me that I need to write every day, even if it's just 20-50 words. Because I may not ever get the chance to write them if I don't do it "while today can still be called today."
Are there more important things than work? Family, friends, laughs, joy, reminiscing, creating? Is I wasn't American, would I really be in a rush to "work"? I don't think that my time is wasted when I have created a memory. When I am dead, will people read one of my work after action reports or will they read my travelblog? My poem? My soul?
I am struggling with writer's bloc. I know what is causing it, but I don't know what is the antidote. When I am in classes, my instructors and classmates love my writing. Two of my UCLA instructors have even called my writing "amazing." But when I submit writing to editors, it is summarily dismissed as not good enough. As a result of these rejections, I've become almost afraid to write because I don't know if it's really any good.
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