putting off today what you could do in the next millennium

[Jiayun]

The New York writer Sheryl Canter even set up ProcrastinatorsAnonymous.org - in a deliberate mirroring of AA - so sufferers could recognise, band together, and prevent, the dread consequences of constantly putting off today what you could do in the next millennium.

Does "putting off today what you could do in the next millennium" in the above sentence mean "putting off what you could do today in the next millennium"?

Thanks!

JY

[Tdol]

You're missing the word constantly- repeatedly putting something off on a short-term (daily) basis is like delaying till the next millenniums. However, the sentence isn't very clear to me.

[Jiayun]

Could you let me know why it is not clear to you? Thanks!

You're missing the word constantly- repeatedly putting something off on a short-term (daily) basis is like delaying till the next millenniums. However, the sentence isn't very clear to me.

[Barb_D]

I'm not going to do that today. I will put it off for another day. I won't do it tomorrow either. In fact, the next millennium sounds about right. (Since we are not in the year 1999, that means I'll never do it because I won't be alive for the next millennium.)