Putting the “Pro” in Procrastination

Don’t delay. Be deliberate about your actions. Your time here is fleeting.

The Virgin of the Rocks by Leonardo Da Vinci, 1483-86 (public domain - Wikimedia Commons)

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“Tomorrow, tomorrow, I love you, tomorrow
You’re always a day away” — Martin Charnin, 1977

I’ve been thinking about procrastinating lately.

Well, not thinking about it like I was planning on doing it. I mean I was considering its implications.

You see, around this house over the past few weeks, I’ve been treated to strains of “Tomorrow,” from the musical Annie, which my nine-year-old daughter is trying out for.

It was rough going the first couple of weeks — before the voice lessons kicked in — I thought my hair might curl like Andrea McArdle’s wig.

We made it through, but there was a lyric that kept nagging at me in this notoriously optimistic song.

“You’re always a day away”

You see, I thought it was suppos…