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Procrastination (n.) translated: ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠'tomorrow I'll pay attention' means 'today I'll be shameless, envious and at the mercy of others'.

Procrastination (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠training for an Olympics that has already begun: the contest that is your life is underway, so start today.

Procrastination (n.) says ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠"to-morrow I will pay attention" and means "to-day I will be shameless, tactless, abject; to-day I will get angry and give way to envy."

Procrastination (n.) fails ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠by its own logic: if putting off helps, giving up entirely would help more; if it does not, why put off?

Procrastination (n.) lets ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠you live and die someone quite ordinary; the contest is now, you are already at the Olympics, and a single day can wreck or save your progress.

Procrastination (n.) ends ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠in self-justification: lose to temptation again and again, promising to win later, and you stop noticing you are wrong and start arguing that you are right.

Procrastination (n.) begins ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠with one defeat and "by and by I'll overcome"; then again; at last you are too weak even to notice you are doing wrong, and begin to argue in your own defence.