Pre-crastination

The word “procrastinate” comes from two Latin words: pro meaning “in favor of” and crastinus meaning “pertaining to tomorrow.” Someone who procrastinates favors putting something off to tomorrow. Often, this comes with an excuse. “I’ll exercise tomorrow. I’m too tired.” 

I’ve been guilty of procrastinating before, and I may procrastinate again in the future, but this week I’ve been noticing a fascinating thing happening in my online task-management system. I log into the system and it tells me what the tasks are and when they are due. I have a decent completion rate for the tasks labeled “due today.” Over the last few days, however, I’ve even been completing some tasks that are set as “due tomorrow.” This experience led me to create a new word for doing what’s due tomorrow in advance: pre-crastination. It occurs to me that developing a habit of pre-crastinating would be a game-changer. 

This week, I invite you to examine your own task management: 

In what areas and to what degree do you procrastinate? How might your life change if you were to complete all your tasks on time? How would it change if you completed everything ahead of schedule? 

Happy pre-crastinating! 

God bless,
Dan