A tall stack of sealed envelopes with orange ribbon and a small brass bell on top, on a teal cloth.

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Don Marquis

Procrastination is the art of keeping up with yesterday.

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What it means

Our interpretation.

This joke treats putting things off as a skill, something you practice. The twist is that you're not keeping pace with today or tomorrow but with yesterday, meaning the pile of tasks you already skipped keeps growing and you're always busy catching up to it.

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