Article May 24, 1993 Issue

Stop procrastination—now!

If we've been putting things off, we don't have to wait to be healed of that tendency.

Edmonde L. St. John

One morning, after an especially inspiring period of study and prayer with the Bible Lesson, outlined in the Christian Science Quarterly, I came into the kitchen to start lunch. There on the counter were several items I had set aside to send to a relative. I realized that for several weeks I had set them aside, and set them aside again, whenever they got in my way. I had excused myself for the delays, placing the responsibility on my husband to find a suitable mailing box.

Suddenly I almost burst into tears, feeling that my morning's work had been of little help toward a better ordering of the day's activities. But then, as I looked at those unmailed items, it clearly dawned on me that I needed to be healed of procrastination! (No doubt, then, my morning's study had been effective.)

I reasoned that I could at least mail these things right away. I went down into the basement and sorted through some boxes until I found one that was the right size. After fitting each item into the box, and placing a cover securely on them, I was about to set aside the box for my husband to wrap. (He seemed more adept at that activity.) There I was, putting off the project again! In a short time I had it wrapped and neatly addressed.

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