We live in an age of urgency where everything must be done right now. But is that really true? Does everything in life have the urgency we ascribe to it?

Do those emails have to be answered right now? Do those social media messages and notification need your attention right now? Does that solicitor on your doorstep really deserve your attention right now? Do those dishes and laundry have to be done right now?

Mark Twain said, “Never put off till tomorrow what you can do the day after tomorrow.” Writing very rarely seems like the most urgent thing we must do, but it’s surely one of the most important. This day will never come around again, and you’ll never have the chance to write again today.

But those dishes, social media notifications, and so many other things can probably wait.