Putting the Pro in procrastination

Just about anyone who is self-employed has come face to face with the procrastination beast at one time or another, if not on a regular basis. We are faced with this plague more often than others in the workforce because not only do we have to actually do our work, we also have to dream it up. We are self-directed - we wear many hats and have to plan and come up with our own assignments.

One of the ways I fight the beast is to procrastinate productively: If I start to surf RSS feeds I've subscribed to instead of finishing the redesign of my website, I stop surfing, get up from the computer and go do a couple of stretches or some car maintenance (check the oil, check the tire pressure, wipe down or vac the interior...).

Or if I catch myself spending too much time organizing my e-mail folders, I write and post a brief article to this blog. You get the idea.

Hope this helps, Joey!