The document discusses reasons for and ways to avoid procrastination. It identifies that the worst times to start planning are when you are overwhelmed, overconfident, or replacing high priority tasks with low priority ones. It recommends recognizing when you are procrastinating, making rewards for completing tasks, asking others to check on your progress, and focusing on doing the work rather than just thinking about it.

2. Three of the worst times to start planning your continuance

3. Then we are confronted with the fierce emergency of now

5. Act of replacing high priority items with low priority ones Working on small stuff rather than the big

6. Recognise that you are procrastinating

7. Putting off an unimportant task is not procrastination

8. Putting off an important task because you are not in the right mood is not procrastination

10. So much to do! You are overwhelmed !

12. When you are overconfident ! You know you can get the job done easily ! So you put it off.

13. Make your own rewards

14. Ask someone else to check on you

15. Identify the unpleasant consequences of not doing the task

16. Work on doing rather than thinking of doing