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Hermione · Kate Spade

P.R.O.C.R.A.S.T.I.Nevermind, I'll finish it later

Cortney1982 · Chanel

I don't watch daytime television anymore. So easy to waste 4+ hours! I just tell myself if I don't get things done on my days off the kitchen will be disgusting all week, no clean clothes to wear, etc.

Also, if you just get it done the idea of doing the task won't be nagging you in your head all day! I STILL need to work on this one. I have an appointment for my dog to get it's booster shot tomorrow but I can't go since I have to work! I had well over a week to reschedule! ashamed

Kelly · Hermes

I'm no good with suggestions to avoid procrastination when you're already in front of the computer, but at home I try not to sit on the couch immediately when I get home. I start making dinner, and while it's cooking I'll do the dishes or whatever in the kitchen. I keep my momentum going, and I feel accomplished so I'm more energized to keep doing things. As soon as I sit down in front of the computer or TV, I feel like I'm done for!

BellinaJessica · Kenneth Cole

Have a couple children, become a single mom and get busy enough in volunteer work that you don't possibly have time to think and breathe nevermind procrastinate. That's what I do anyway.

No seriously, I sit down once a week and make a list of the things I want to get done in that week. Then I go over it daily and make a list for that day. Each time I find myself getting lost online or in front of the TV I grab the list, pick something to do and do it! Just be sure to allot yourself some lazy time too!

Suasoria · Chanel

I went through a phase earlier this year when I wasn't motivated to get anything done during the day at the office but I could get tons of work done at home (and in far less time). So just the awareness of that strange habit enabled me to keep up. I maximized the productive time and didn't beat myself up for being unproductive at other times. Eventually it passed, but it was a weird experience.

There are lots of things I procrastinate about, but I try to keep in mind that *in this moment,* things are perfect and whole just as they are. 99% of the thoughts in our head are about the future or the past, but this moment, what's happening right now, is A-OK. So if my mind wanders to something I should be doing because of some future deadline, or promise I made in the past, I bring my focus back to the present.