Don't Put It Off: Dealing with Procrastination
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National Procrastination Week took place earlier this month. Now you might wonder why people need a week dedicated to the "art of procrastination" since most of us are probably quite good at it.
Perhaps it should be renamed Procrastination Awareness or Procrastination Aversion Week.
There was an interesting article in the Arizona Daily Star that not only talked about dealing with it from the right (creative) side of the brain, but also had some good suggestions on how to beat procrastination.
A book that was mentioned was Lee Silber’s "Organizing from the Right Side of the Brain : A Creative Approach to Getting Organized
"We right-brained people, we're afraid of the judgment that comes after finishing something," Silber said in a phone call from San Diego. "A lot of times we don't know what we'll do next — we don't have plans, and we have huge fears that will stop anyone. And we have fragile egos."
The article contains some handy tips to beat procrastination.
Things you can do to beat procrastination:
1. For creative types who don't like organization: Just dive into one small part of the larger task that interests you. Do that until you're so engrossed that time passes quickly. Then let it flow.
2. For organizational types: Outline your project and chop it up into small, easy tasks. Then tackle them one at a time.
3. Just do the task for five minutes. If the timer dings and you want to quit, schedule another five minutes to work on it again later. If you're into it, finish!
4. Evaluate your goals. If you're putting something off repeatedly, you may not really need to do it. Make two lists: a daily list and a memory list of things that you might want to delve into with spare time.
Good stuff to proactively ponder every week (and every day for that matter). 
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