Procrastination Fascination

I am a procrastinator. All my life I have suffered with this incurable disease. For me it is incurable because the root of it stems from feelings of being overwhelmed or not really knowing how to do something properly or fear. What is clear is that this has been a major stumbling block and inhibitor all my life. I have to work really hard to overcome the feelings that stand in my way to make the progress I so desperately want to make.
My older sister's birthday is coming up. It is a big one and all of us are getting together to celebrate it. I thought it would be a good idea to make her something special. It involved a sewing project and my sisters are the best seamstresses I know. Man, they are good. I was hoping since I came up with the idea, they would do the work. Well, they both ended up deferring to me. All of a sudden I wasn't so sure about my BIG idea and my BIG mouth. But, I got the material right away because I knew exactly what I wanted, but then I stalled and stalled because I couldn't figure out how to do it. I took any comments from anyone about it as a sign that I was on the wrong track. Anyway, after stewing in these juices and procrastinating for too long, one day after my shower these words came to me. 'Don't concentrate on what you cannot do, concentrate on what you can do.' I keep forgetting that. I have been told that so many times you would think it was my personal mantra. That having been said, I got to work. It turned out okay and interestingly enough because surely this project is not going to save the world or anything, I received further inspiration over and over as I worked and came to further perplexing challenges. At one point, I was even reminded again to concentrate on what I could do - not what I couldn't do. So I finished it at the last hour and it was another lesson, hopefully learned this time.
First of all, Heavenly Father cares about what we care about because he cares so much for us. I can see how that might effect the way I feel about someone else's interests.
Second of all, there is always something we CAN do. So much of the time we concentrate on our lack of skill when we should work hard at what we do have to offer.
Third of all, perseverance pays off much better dividends in the end as opposed to procrastination.
So maybe there is hope for the great procrastinator, we'll see how Candy likes her gift.