Tomorrow. Ah tomorrow. The day that every procrastinator dreads. Tomorrow is always when I say I will put away my laundry and finally pick up in my office. Tomorrow is when I am going to make the dreaded phone call and pay my bills. The old saying never put off until tomorrow what you can do today does not apply. Neither does one of my favorite quotes from Mother Theresa "Yesterday is gone, tomorrow has not yet come, we only have today."
Now, I would like to think that these sayings are meant to remind us to not take tomorrow for granted. That we should be thankful for everyday that we wake up and can procrastinate some more. Even on a less spiritual level, I would like to think that these quotes mean that you should not wait until tomorrow to tell a loved one that you love them, or make a good change in your life (like quitting smoking or making a doctors appointment). However, in my heart I know that while these things are true, this is not the essence of these sayings.
Living in the moment and not taking tomorrow for granted also means that we need to take care of the messy stuff in life too. The stuff we don't want to deal with (like a mountain of laundry that needs to be put away) still needs to be done, and the sooner it is done the less time you have to worry about it. Or in my particular case, look at it. Life is too short to spend time not worrying about the messy stuff. I just need to motivate myself to actually do it and get it over with.
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