How I Eliminated Procrastination From My Life (Using Neuroscience)

The good procrastinator accepts the fact that she can’t get everything done, then decides as wisely as possible what tasks to focus on and what to neglect. By contrast, the bad procrastinator finds himself paralyzed precisely because he can’t bear the thought of confronting his limitations.

Tasks that involve heavy thinking, working memory, concentration, and creativity tax the PFC in a major way,

tapping into your prefrontal cortex (thinking), hippocampus (memory), limbic system (emotions), and others. Honor their complexity, and they’ll work miracles for you.

creativity appears to depend partly on processes taking place in your brain while you’re not focusing. (Limiting the time allotted to high-stakes work also helps reduce the feeling of being intimidated or oppressed by it, which causes some people to procrastinate.)