Never put off until tomorrow what you can do today

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Proverb: Never put off until tomorrow what you can do today

At first blush, you may think this proverb is more of a cliché and not one you want to use very often.

I think you would be wrong to think that.


Never put off until tomorrow what you can do today is a proverb that means you should always try to accomplish as much as you can each day.


Don’t push things back to tomorrow because, honestly, tomorrow never comes.

Every morning when you wake up, it’s today.

It’s never tomorrow.

From another perspective, the world is full of people who regret not doing things earlier in their lives.

How many times have you heard someone say they want to travel when they are older?

Too often, right?

Well, as the proverb goes, never put off until tomorrow what you can do today because when you get older, you may not be healthy or wealthy enough to do all the things you planned.

Travel when you are young.

Staying in cheap hotels or hostels, eating crappy food and travelling on red-eye flights to save money are all easier when you have youth on your side.

Believe me.

I’ve done it.

I backpacked for ten years – basically, my entire 20s were spent working in kitchens and sleeping on floors to earn and save enough money for the next adventure.

I would never trade those years in for anything.

I learned much about myself and experienced much of the world that I could never have if I had stayed home and worked for a company.

If you have a dream and you want to fulfill that dream, make it happen.

Never put off until tomorrow what you can do today.


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