Every time you hit snooze on your alarm, ignore your calendar reminder, skip the gym, don’t go to the supermarket while your fridge is empty, and so forth — you become one of the many procrastinators who can’t get things done.
That’s because you’re making a decision to NOT do what you should be doing.
William James said it best:
”When you have to make a choice and don’t make it, that in itself is a choice.”
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