Procrastination will destroy your life and steal your happiness.

Life is full of difficult problems and jobs that we really don't want to do. Our natural tendency is to avoid the difficult tasks and put them off over and over again until we are finally forced to face them or suffer consequences worse than the difficulties the job entails.

This attitude of procrastination and our constant desire to avoid the challenges in life does nothing but further complicate problems and will even increase your stress level and destroy your ability to enjoy life.

Procrastination and avoiding problems or difficult tasks will inevitably lead to stress, anxiety and pressures that wear you down and destroy happiness. Think about the times in your life when you had to do something you didn't want to do.

Almost without fail the process of dealing with difficult jobs or assignments follows the same course. It starts with the stress and worry of tackling the issue until you finally can't take it anymore and just get it done. You experience some discomfort and unhappiness while completing the task and then always feel much better after it is complete.

The amazing thing about this process is that the end result doesn't matter. The situation can work out wonderfully or some of the worst results possible may become reality. The fact is that either way you will feel better once you put the situation behind you and are now empowered to either move on or enjoy the fact that the job is no longer hanging over your head.

The hardest part of addressing a difficult situation is taking the first step. Generally once we are in the process of actually doing the work we realize that it was not as bad as we thought and often regret not handling it earlier because of the stress and pressure we have endured.

One of the keys to being happy is having the guts to tackle the tough parts of life first. If you have a job to do or a conversation to hold that you really don't want to complete you should make it a priority to clear off your To Do list as your very first action.

Allowing yourself to endure stress, pressure and dread in order to avoid a problem or particular job is self defeating and ultimately robs you of your life and happiness.

Now get out there and get it done.

Love,

Dad