day no. 14,988: delaying hard work does not make it easier later

"By avoiding labor and suffering , I shall draw on myself a thousand times more than I avoid." - Richard Baxter, The Reformed Pastor

When we put off hard work, we create harder work for ourselves in the future. Hard work doesn't get easier by being put off until later. It typically, as Baxter points out, gets harder.

Whatever made something difficult to begin with will not be made less difficult by delaying it. Hard things become harder and the habit of putting off hard things will be more hardened. Thus making the likelihood of doing hard things even less likely as they become harder and you become softer.