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The Big P is More Deadly Than COVID-19 Virus

The biggest lesson for me from Covid-19 is Procrastination is more deadly than the virus itself.

 Because of procrastination, people may not get tested and treated and they may die instead of getting healed. 

 Because of procrastination, people put off doing things, waiting for another day.  The things that they put off could be to lose weight, look for a job, get organised, learn the course that they want, or simply putting off eating their favourite food or buying the wireless earbuds that they yearn for.  Now with shops closed and lockdown in cities, they cannot do anything other than watch on the internet. Even without the lockdown, people are afraid of going out. 

 Because of procrastination, people didn't say the things they want to say, do inner self-cleansing, or be religious or spiritual.  Now they cannot go out, they cannot do anything, not even visit the temples or shrines they wanted, or talk to the pastor that they need.

Because of procrastination, people now are stuck, they got no job, no business, no income, and even if they now have all the time to do online shopping, they cannot afford to buy.  The smartwatch that they love so much was not bought because people are waiting for the price to drop.  When the price drop, they are too scared to buy and missed buying it at all. Now even they got the money they cannot buy, because shipments are curtailed and shops are closed, or MRTs could be suspended because of lockdown, or because they are not supposed to go out buy anything other than essentials. 

 Because of procrastination, people now could be sick, even if not physical, but mentally.  They are fed with daily news of Covid-19 and they got more worried than before. The result？Procrastinate more! 

 People now vow that once the Covid-19 is over, or the lockdown is over, or when the shops are re-opened, they will rush out to buy the things they want or eat the food they want.  But we know this day will never come, not because Covid-19 will last forever, but because people will also procrastinate when the time comes. This is because they feel that they have been procrastinating all these while, why not procrastinate again?

 Because of procrastination, people don't want to finish reading this article or procrastinate to share this article to their love ones.  What's the solution to procrastination?  Just do it!  Tomorrow never comes.  Treat each day as the last and only day. Never aim for perfection, just do it and you can always correct or improve it later.  Prevention is better than cure.  Do it NOW!   Other interesting articles that you shouldn't procrastinate reading: 

  1. How to Use Zoom Effectively https://andyngtrainer.blogspot.com/2020/04/how-to-use-zoom-cloud-meetings.html
  2. How to Convert Your Work from Offline to Online in 5 Ways https://andyngtrainer.blogspot.com/2020/04/how-to-convet-your-work-from-offline-to.html
  3. More deadly than COVID-19 virus is this P https://andyngtrainer.blogspot.com/2020/04/procrastination-and-covid-19-which-is.html
  4. 5 Things That Will Change Totally After COVID-19 and Lockdown https://andyngtrainer.blogspot.com/2020/04/5-things-that-will-change-forever-after.ht
  5. Further 5 Things that Will Change Post COVID-19 Pandemic https://andyngtrainer.blogspot.com/2020/04/further-5-things-that-will-change-once.html
  6. Zoom is a Fad and Will NOT be used once the lockdown is Over, So Don't Bother about Zoom https://andyngtrainer.blogspot.com/2020/04/zoom-is-fad-it-is-not-secure-thats-why.html
  7. How My Business Cope with No Business Now at https://andyngtrainer.blogspot.com/2020/03/how-my-business-cope-with-covid-19.html
  8. 31 Reasons to not use WeChat at https://andyngtrainer.blogspot.com/2020/03/31-reasons-to-use-wechat.html
  9. Are you the Good or Bad Quality People in this COVID-19 lockdown? https://andyngtrainer.blogspot.com/2020/04/a-and-b-people-from-covid-19.html
  10. How low will the stock market go?  https://andyngtrainer.blogspot.com/2020/03/how-low-will-stock-markets-go.html
  11. This WeChat book has no content! https://andyngtrainer.blogspot.com/2020/01/table-of-contents-for-wechat-marketing.html
  12. Your mobile number is not important as no one remembers it https://andyngtrainer.blogspot.com/2019/11/everybody-who-is-anybody-has-mobile.html
  13. WeChat is a Big SCAM https://andyngtrainer.blogspot.com/2019/11/wechat-is-cheat-how-singapore-people.html
  14. 13 Ways to Advertise on WeChat https://andyngtrainer.blogspot.com/2020/04/the-13-ways-to-advertise-on-wechat.html
  15. Switch and Save: How Much can you REALLY SAVE? https://andyngtrainer.blogspot.com/2018/10/singapore-open-electricity-market-how.html
  16. Work From Home 5 Things to Watch our for https://andyngtrainer.blogspot.com/2020/04/work-from-home-5-things-to-watch-out-for.html 
  17. Dealing with Stress from COVID-19 https://andyngtrainer.blogspot.com/2020/04/dealing-with-stress-from-covid-19.html
  18. How to Secure Your Zoom Meetings https://andyngtrainer.blogspot.com/2020/04/how-to-secure-your-zoom-online-meetings.html
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