It starts with a "P"

and ends on 'rocrastination'. I thought I had it under control lately. Hey, I hold down an at times busy consulting job with a fair amount of travel, studied for my GMAT and did reasonably well on it, finished 4 b-school applications on time, did three interviews in three different European countries AND got accepted into two schools. Not bad. So how come I just can't seem to get started on my HSBC loan application????

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I know why, really.... I'm scared. Of the huge amount of debt that pops up in my Excel spreadsheet when I do the numbers. I know, I know, I keep on telling people 'don't worry about the money, it'll come to you', but right now it's my turn to be just a tad scared. How on earth will I recoup that money? I'm giving myself until tomorrow to be scared, and then I'm just going to go for it. Sort of a 'feel the fear and do it anyway'-thing. Besides, money, or better yet, a lack of money haven't deterred me from doing the stuff I want to do so far in my life!

To redeem myself, I did get started on Accounts demystified (see previous post), and I remembered more than I suspected from secondary school's Econ II classes.