http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/05/04/how-to-avoid-procrastination_n_7204032.html?ir=Science asks “Having trouble motivating yourself to work toward a future goal? Whether what you want is two days or 20 years away, new research finds that the key to avoiding procrastination may be to change the way you think about time. Break down the time into smaller units. If you have a paper due in three months, think of it as 90 days. Or if you have a work project to complete in three days, think of your deadline as 72 hours away.” It’s good advice and a helpful article. What helps me most is making a To Do List for the next day before I leave my desk at night. A column on the left are my things to do first thing in the morning (gym, pay bills, do laundry, create ads) and below it are my tasks for the rest of the week (send invoices, update labels, download email ads.) A column on the right lists things I want to do as soon as I get time for it: call plumber to find shower leak, replace front rain gutter, replace all house screens, make dental appt, fix ASG website, move websites to new server, find a tree cutter. When I see it laid out before me, it automatically feels more manageable, plus it sets up my competitive spirit to cross things off as “done.”