I've been putting off this post for a while now because each time I sit down to draft a piece, something comes up. There's almost always something else to be done when I set my mind on a goal.All I needed was today; and the discipline to put things that matter first- before anything else.There's always the choice made to watch a movie than read a book, play a video game than iron for work, make a trip than attend a meeting. So in the end, we choose one over the other and that's how we grow. But there's more to time than the ticking of the clock and the fading of dates on a calendar.It is in the now and the things we put off for Wednesday nights when Tuesday is break dancing all over the place.Procrastination is a terrible cancer with ripple effects. We not only become aware that it is taking up much space in our lives, we also get better at making ourselves believe that it is okay.But it is not okay. Somethings can wait too.The more we put aside tasks that have to be attended to, the further we are away from getting them done. And if there's one thing I know about chasing our dreams, it is that along the line, something has to be sacrificed in order for the race to be won.If our shoes are spikey, we have to take them off and run on our feet.Whatever it is that we have on our minds to accomplish: a phone call to make, a date to set, a confession to be made, a project to be started, a course to take, whatever it may be, throwing it into tomorrow- or the day after- takes us no closer to winning but only a step back from getting the medal.The moment we start crawling into tomorrow when we still have today, we clip paper wings on time and dare it to fly.We've got to Nike up the soles of our feet and just do it. Yesterday you said tomorrow. And all the tomorrows bundled up and wrapped up in glitter paper does not put a future on the doorstep. It puts a parcel of moments that were once present but not anymore because we were too busy doing something else.And that kind of gift is one that leaves your palms open for a second chance.We have today to do the laundry. We have today to join the choir. We have today to invest that money. We have today to send that text. We have today to start waking up when our alarms go off at four in the morning.However tedious, however boring, be it too risky or too easy, give yourself today anyway. And do it anyway.Because really, the seemingly eternal space between June and July is a journal of hellos and his, songs on repeat, waking up and falling down, and most importantly, all the baby steps it takes to rise again.