Oct 31 2021 | Sunday

Hello, Mic testing 123.

In the novel, “David Copperfield” by Charles Dickens, Mr Micawber bestows Copperfield with two noteworthy pieces of advice that really stood out for me, because I diligently try to follow both.

“Never do tomorrow what you can do today. Procrastination is the thief of time. Collar him!”

I think that the keyword in this advice is ‘can’. If you have the mental, physical and emotional capacity for a particular task then do it today instead of leaving it for tomorrow. However, if you are completely spent and cannot do your absolute best, then I think it’s okay to leave a task, which is half-finished, for the next day, if it’s not urgent, because then you can do it with renewed energy and a fresh frame of mind, and more importantly you can do your best.

He tells Copperfield “to take warning by his fate; and to observe that if a man had twenty pounds a year for his income, and he spent nineteen pounds nineteen shillings and sixpence, he would be happy, but that if he spent twenty pounds one he would be miserable.”

Although Mr. Micawber did not follow his own advice, and considers himself “a miserable wretch” because of it; I think we should learn from his mistakes, and try to follow his advice, because it’ll make our lives easier and alleviate our stress to a great extent.

I know that if somebody in real life were to give you the same advice, you’d probably roll your eyes and repeatedly say “I know,” but Mr Micawber’s advice becomes meaningful and significant because we know about his struggles.
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Thank you for reading.​
Sahar Afreen

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