21 Days To Overcoming Procrastination: A Biblical Devotional For Achieving Far More Than You Ever Thought Possible (21 Days Series)

by Deon Thomas

Life will never work the way you desire without your deliberate efforts. No one is going to hand you a successful life.

You are responsible for your success.

In fact, many individuals who procrastinate are very productive and have achieved a great deal, but they would certainly have achieved even more if their lives had not been plagued by the indiscipline of procrastination.

NO ONE JUST PROCRASTINATES! WE certainly do not wake up one day and decide to waste our lives by deliberately neglecting our responsibilities. Rather, little by little, we gradually develop the practice of putting off for tomorrow what should have been done yesterday.

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Whenever you have a lot to do, remember the wise example the Lord has given us. Take the time and divide your work into small, bite-sized, ordered pieces and work on one little part at a time.

My older sister had greatly procrastinated in one of her courses, and the exam was literally twelve hours away.

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One effective way to encourage yourself not to waste another second of your life is to write down at least seven negative consequences that you have experienced as a result of wasting time.

“He who works his land will have abundant food, but he who chases fantasies lacks judgment.”

as you learn to maximize the hours of your productive zone, you literally maximize your days, and this has the cumulative effect of yielding highly productive years.

ENVIRONMENTS PLAY AN ENORMOUS ROLE in terms of our productivity. Some atmospheres can actually help to set the tone for us to work assiduously, whereas others do nothing more than stifle our constructive juices.