Procrastinate: If at first you don’t succeed, give up immediately, move on to some other task until that becomes unbearable then move on again circling back around to the first problem. By now, your subconscious will have worked on it, sort of like sleep, only cheaper.

Procrastination may feel like a puzzle, especially when what you are procrastinating on is the pact or another activity you have willingly chosen and designed for yourself.

When a person fails to begin a project that they care about, it’s typically due to either a) anxiety about their attempts not being “good enough” or b) confusion about what the first steps of the task are. Not laziness. In fact, procrastination is more likely when the task is meaningful and the individual cares about doing it well.