If you want to make an easy job seem mighty hard, just keep putting off doing it.

The remark is a compact critique of procrastination: delay doesn’t merely postpone effort, it actively transforms the task in our minds. By repeatedly “putting off” an easy job, we accumulate anxiety, guilt, and imagined complexity, so the work feels heavier than it is. Miller’s humor lies in the mock-instructional phrasing—“If you want to…”—as though making life harder were a deliberate goal. The line implies a practical ethic: begin promptly to keep tasks proportionate, preserve confidence, and prevent small obligations from becoming psychological burdens. Its enduring appeal comes from naming a familiar experience in plain language.